July’s sweltering heat officially torched the record books, earning the rank as the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous US, according to forecasters.
The average temperature in the lower 48 states in July was 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit, roughly 3.3 degrees above the 20th-century average — marking the warmest month in the 132-year record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Though it was unusually cool in Alaska, the hotter-than-average temps suffocated much of the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains, and Southeast, NOAA said.
Numerous areas across the Mid-Atlantic — including Raleigh, North Carolina…
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