July was hottest month on record in the US

New York Times : The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that July’s average temperature of 77.6 °F (25.3 °C) made it the hottest month in the lower 48 states since the US began keeping records in 1895. That temperature is 3.3 degrees higher than the 20th-century average. The previous warmest month was July 1936 in the midst of the Dust Bowl droughts. The areas that saw the greatest variance from the norm were the Midwest and the East Coast, with Virginia experiencing its hottest July on record and 63% of the nation experiencing drought conditions. July also marked the end of a 12-month period that was the warmest on record.