It Wasn't Just You. July Was America's Hottest Month Ever.

I knew it was hot last month, but not like entire-country-broke-records-for-unprecedented-dangerous-climate-patterns-hot! Wildfires consumed 2 million acres of land, mass fish deaths occurred in the ongoing drought, and there are still people who feel the science here is unsettled.

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I knew it was hot last month, but not like entire-country-broke-records-for-unprecedented-dangerous-climate-patterns-hot! Wildfires consumed 2 million acres of land, mass fish deaths occurred in the ongoing drought, and there are still people who feel the science here is unsettled.

And just in case it wasn't clear enough before, another map of how America as a whole hit its record warmest month ever:

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ORIGINAL: By NOAA. Found on Science, Space & Robots.

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