The Western Regional Climate Center provided a map this morning of the maximum temperature (at least so far) for 2016 across the US.  Since we’re past the date of most areas’ maximum temperature for the year, this is likely to be close to the map for the entire year.  This year, a lot of the warmth was from sustained hot temperatures but not the scorching temperatures on a single day we see in some years.

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