It ’s deja vuall over again . Sweaty , swelter deja vu . For the third consecutive calendar month , the mainland United States has experience its hottest 12 - month menses on disk ( that is , the raging since recordkeeping began in 1895 ) . This is getting to be a mo ridiculous .
The last 12 months were the warmest in US history
fit in to NOAA , which yesterday put out itsState of the ClimateNational Overview for June :
Theaverage temperaturefor the conterminous U.S. during June was 71.2 ° F , which is 2.0 ° F above the twentieth century norm . The June temperatures contribute to arecord - warmfirst half of the year and thewarmest 12 - month periodthe nation has have since recordkeeping began in 1895 . scorch temperature during the 2d one-half of the month led many cities to setall - time temperature record .
For those of you maintain running at home , 2012 has see close to 25,000 platter highs either set or correspond nationwide , including 15,000 in the calendar month of March alone . equate that to a simple 2,500 record low . Among the country ’s coolest outliers was Washington country . ostensibly , amidst the warmth cam stroke that the respite of the country is going though , you somehow handle to have your seventh coolest June on record — and everyone hates you for it .
A Visual Representation of the 15,000 Temperature Records That Were Broken in March
Additional highlights from the panoptic theme include :
Precipitation totals across the nation were mixed during June . The nation , as a whole , go through its tenth driest June on phonograph recording , with a across the country - average haste totality of 2.27 inches , 0.62 column inch below average . Record and skinny - book dry condition were present across the Intermountain West , while Tropical Storm Debby dribble record precipitation across Florida .
Warmer - than - modal temperatures were anchored across the Intermountain West and much of the Great Plains during June . Colorado had its affectionate June on record , with a statewide temperature 6.4 ° F above average . Seven additional states in the area had a top ten warm June .
Cooler - than - fair temperatures were present for the Pacific Northwest , where Washington had its 7th cool June on record . Cooler - than - average conditions were also present for the Southeast , despite record warm temperature towards the last of the month .
Record - break temperatures occur across a large portion of the nation during the second half of June . Over 170 all - time warm temperature records were broken or tied during the calendar month . temperature in South Carolina ( 113 ° F ) and Georgia ( 112 ° F ) are currently under critique by the U.S. State Climate Extremes Committee as potential all - fourth dimension statewide temperature record .
Precipitation patterns were mixed across the res publica . Drier - than - ordinary circumstance were present from the West , through the Plains , into the Ohio Valley and Mid - Atlantic . Wyoming had its driest June on record , with a precipitation sum of 0.45 inch , which is 1.27 inches below norm . Eleven additional states from Nevada to Kentucky had June hastiness totals ranking among their ten driest .
concord to the U.S. Drought Monitor , as of July 3 , 56.0 pct of the adjacent U.S. experienced drought condition , marking the large percentage of the nation have drouth conditions in the 12 - class record of the U.S. Drought Monitor . drouth conditions improved across Florida , due to the rains from Tropical Storm Debby . Drought experimental condition worsen across much of the West , Central Plains , and the Ohio Valley , causing significant impacts on agriculture in those regions .
Check out the rest of the reportat NOAA .
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