Brutal July heat a new U.S. record
Hottest year on record for just about all of continental US.
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The July heat wave that wilted crops, shriveled rivers and fueled wildfires officially went into the books Wednesday as the hottest single month on record for the continental United States.
The average temperature across the Lower 48 was 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.3 degrees above the 20th-century average, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration reported. That edged out the previous high mark, set in 1936, by two-tenths of a degree, NOAA said.
In addition, the seven months of 2012 to date are the warmest of any year on record and were drier than average as well, NOAA said. U.S. forecasters started keeping records in 1895.
It is fine to cut down on green house gases which will no doubt help, but the food shortages and the rise of the oceans is something that will happen regardless of cut backs in GHG's. I just don't see a lot of thought going in to dealing with this pro-actively.
By the way, the only state that didn't suffer through this extreme heat is my next door neighbour. Here it has actually been a comparatively cool spring and summer.
He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
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