CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The numbers are in, and July 2012 is officially the warmest month on record for the Lower 48 states. The average temperature for the month was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the average ...

Say what you will about global warming, the past summer has been hotter than most summers. Indeed, the month of July was the hottest month on record for the continental United States, according to the ...

According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for ...

Virginia had the hottest July ever; many other states were near their maximum, making the country’s overall July its hottest. We just ended the warmest 12-month period ever recorded. Grist thanks its ...

July 2012 featured many notable extreme weather events from around the world. It was the warmest single month on record for the continental U.S., beating out the infamous July of 1936 by a slim margin ...

Only two songs from the Top 5 of last month's Top 40 Country Songs list made the July 2012 version. That goes to show how quickly a new song can gain and lose favor with country music fans. The ...

Monday, July 16, 2012: Astrophotographer Sy Stepanov took this shot of the auroral display resulting from the solar storm of July 14, 2012. The photo was taken above Lake Chelan, WA. Stepanov says the ...

Year-to-date temperature, by month, for 2012 (red), compared to the other 117 years on record for the contiguous U.S., with the five ultimately warmest years (orange) and five ultimately coolest years ...

During the 1930s, a series of epic heat waves gripped the U.S., drying up the soil in an unprecedented drought that brought about the great Dust Bowl. The most intense heat hit during July 1936, which ...