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US feels the heat as 26 cities report their hottest summers ever, which is the same as the Dust Bowl in 1936
It was hot as hell.
Fox Weather said that the summer of 2022 was one of the hottest on record. Records were set all over the country.
Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) data showed that the average temperature across the country was around 74 degrees, making it about the same as summer 2021 and the Dust Bowl of 1936.
26 cities in the US, including Newark, NJ, Tampa, UT, Salt Lake City, UT, San Antonio, TX, and Cheyenne, WY, reported their warmest summers ever.
During the summer heat waves, New York City reached a few daily highs.
On June 25, the temperature in Central Park hit a record high of 90 degrees. On July 20, 23, and 24, the temperature reached 95. On August 9, the highest temperature was 97 degrees.
NOAA said that the summers in the US are getting warmer at a rate of 1.23 degrees per century.
Fox found that the only place where the long summer heat was temporarily relieved was in the desert Southwest, where a strong monsoon season brought lots of clouds and heavy rains.
Even though it has been raining, Death Valley in California is in the middle of a dangerous heat wave. On Thursday, the barren desert hit a record 127 degrees, making it the hottest place on Earth that day.
