July 2026 Sets All-Time US Temperature Record

NOAA data places July 2026 as the hottest month in 132 years of US records, averaging 76.9°F — 3.3°F above the 20th-century baseline. The month eclipsed Dust Bowl-era and 2012 peaks. Every contiguous state landed in the warmest third of its own July history, broadening what might otherwise read as a regional anomaly into a coast-to-coast signal.