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NOAA: U.S. just logged its hottest July ever, beating a 132-year record
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NOAA’s July record will trigger new regional heat advisories and wildfire restrictions across the West and Southeast.

A national heat record amplifies public-health risk, strains power grids, and worsens wildfire conditions—while sharpening the political and economic stakes of climate adaptation.

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A national heat record amplifies public-health risk, strains power grids, and worsens wildfire conditions—while sharpening the political and economic stakes of climate adaptation.

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The United States recorded its hottest month ever in July, with the Lower 48 averaging 76.9°F—1.8°F above the 20th-century average—according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The month beat the July 1936 record. The report described three heat domes trapping hot air across the West, Rockies, Upper Midwest, Gulf Coast and Southeast, with scientists linking the extreme heat to human-driven climate change and wildfires spreading as temperatures stayed high for weeks.

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NOAA: U.S. just logged its hottest July ever, beating a 132-year record

Three heat domes drove weeks of extreme temperatures across multiple regions as wildfires spread.

Times of India·1h ago
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