Quick Link: So Far, 2012 is the U.S.’s Hottest Year on Record
Nationwide, 86 temperature records were broken in June, though none were in California
Temperatures have been so warm in parts of the country, they’ve established new “neighborhoods” in the record books, according to a report released today by NOAA. States in the West, the Midwest and Southeast set all-time heat records in June. California and the other West Coast states have not been affected by the heat wave. In fact, Oregon and Washington had a cooler-than-average June.
It’s official, although not necessarily a surprise. The average temperature across the contiguous United States for the first six months of this year has been the warmest on record – and by a considerable sum – dating back to 1895, according to a monthly report released Monday by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.
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Molly Samuel joined KQED as an intern in 2007, and since then has worked here as a reporter, producer, director and blogger. Before becoming KQED Science’s Multimedia Producer, she was a producer for Climate Watch. Molly has also reported for NPR, KALW and High Country News, and has produced audio stories for The Encyclopedia of Life and the Oakland Museum of California. She was a fellow with the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism and a journalist-in-residence at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. Molly has a degree in Ancient Greek from Oberlin College and is a co-founder of the record label True Panther Sounds. View all posts by Molly Samuel →
