Above average temperatures seen in July across the U.S.
This just in: July was a hot month. Temperatures in the contiguous U.S. last month were 1.6 degrees Farenheit above the average temperature for July in the 20th century. The average recorded temperature of 75.3°F in the lower 48 makes July 2016 the 14th warmest on record.
Additionally, the average temperature in the contiguous U.S. thus far in 2016 (January-July), 54.3°F, is 3.0°F above the 20th century average, which ranks as the third warmest on record.
According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), 18 U.S. states, Alaska included, registered much higher than usual July temperatures.
Alaska, Florida, New Mexico Set Heat Records in July
In Alaska, last month proved to be fourth warmest July in more than 90 years. The average temperature in The Last Frontier of 55.7°F in July 2016 was a full 3.0°F above average. Alaska has been battling severely elevated temperature since October 2015, with many specific regions of the state reaching record highs throughout the past 10 months.
July temperatures in New Mexico came in 4.1°F above average, as the statewide average temperature was 76.8°F. The average statewide temperature mark ties July 2003 as the warmest month on record for the state.
Florida also had its warmest July on record — 84.0°F, 3.0°F above average — and now only June 1998 sits above last month on the list of hottest months ever in the state (122 years of record keeping).
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Hot temperatures trending across the U.S.
With the first seven months of 2016 now in the books, noteworthy trends have emerged.
Through the end of July 2016, each and every U.S. state has now registered warmer-than-average temperatures this year. And a total of 38 states, mostly in the West, Great Plains, Midwest and Northeast, have all experienced much higher than usual temperatures thus far in 2016.
No state in the U.S. achieved record warm in those seven months, but, overall, temperatures in the lower 48 states calculate to be the third warmest on record for the first seven months of a year.
January–July 2016 was record warm for #Alaska per @NOAANCEIclimate https://t.co/jOc88FA7tQ #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/97Biv47VdO
— NOAA (@NOAA) August 8, 2016
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