U.S. heat wave: Here's where temperature records were set in July

At least 43 locations across the U.S. set or tied for their hottest July on record, according NOAA data. Record-breaking temps were concentrated in: ☀️ Texas ☀️ Tennessee ☀️ Alabama ☀️ Mississippi ☀️ N. Carolina ☀️ S. Carolina ☀️ Oregon

, also related to climate change. These include Nantucket, Massachusetts, which beat its old monthly record by 1.3°F, and Robbinston, Maine., is noteworthy since it overlaps with a widespread, severe drought.This makes it easier for the air to reach extremely hot temperatures, but also further dries out soils in a feedback loop.11.4% of the 996 stations in the dataset recorded either their first, second or third-hottest July ever.

13% of them registered their first, second or third-highest average minimum temperatures for that month. Since July tends to be the warmest month of the year in much of the U.S. and Northern Hemisphere, many of the records also qualified as new milestones for the hottest month of any month on record.

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