What Living Through the Hottest July Ever Looked Like Across the U.S.

This July was the hottest month ever recorded in United States history. Last month’s average temperature was 3.3°F (1.8°C) higher than the 20th century average for the contiguous United States, ...

July sets contiguous US heat record but barely tops normal in Northeast Ohio

While July 2026 broke the all-time contiguous U.S. temperature record, Northeast Ohio experienced only a slightly ...

Late July forecast calls for extreme heat, omega block in US

While the western and central U.S. bake under a blistering heat wave, the northeastern states will catch a break from the intense heat.

Media Hypes Record July Heat While Leaving Out Key Details Of Study

Several prominent media outlets are highlighting July's "record heat" in the United States with ominous framing, but the underlying National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report ...

Extreme heat in Philadelphia impacting Fourth of July weekend, FIFA Fan Festival events

With multiple days of triple-digit heat in the forecast, organizers of Philadelphia's America 250 celebrations and FIFA Fan Festival are making changes to some outdoor plans.

A dozen Florida counties broke century-old July heat records

July was hot all over with it ranking the warmest July and hottest month on record for the contiguous U.S.

July’s heat made history. Trump’s cuts could leave us less prepared for what comes next

The federal agencies that monitor and forecast extreme weather are operating with fewer people and an uncertain funding ...

Cook County reports 6 heat-related deaths so far in July

Six people in Cook County have died from heat-related causes so far this month. The last time Cook County came close to this many heat-related deaths in a single month was in July of 2019, when there ...