This summer tied the Dust Bowl for the hottest on record in US
CNN
The summer of 2021 was hottest on record in the US, tied with the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The average temperature from meteorological summer -- June, July and August -- was 2.6 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, NOAA reported Thursday. This summer's average temperature "technically exceeds the record heat of the 1936 Dust Bowl summer," though by just 0.01 degrees, it also noted. Scientists reported in August that global temperatures are increasing faster than previously thought, and the window is rapidly closing to cut human reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic climate change.More Related News