Fourth warmest U.S. summer on record according to NOAA
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 09:28
in Earth & Climate
The contiguous United States had its fourth-warmest summer (June-August) on record, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report issued today. The report also showed the August average temperature was 75.0 degrees F, which is 2.2 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. Last month`s average precipitation was 2.41 inches, 0.19 inch below the 1901-2000 average.