Summer 2026 was the US’s hottest on record: NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Wednesday announced that this summer was the hottest on record in the U.S. NOAA found that the average temperature for meteorological summer was 74.4 degrees, 3 degrees above average. August’s average temperature hit 75.6 degrees. Both were the warmest temperatures in the agency’s 132-year record. Most of…
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