NOAA released the national climate summary for July 2017 this week. It shows that this July was the 10th warmest in 123 years of record for the US. The year to date average temperature is the second warmest on record after 2012 at this time of year. It is also the seventh wettest year to date and the wettest since 1998. You can read the report and see more maps at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201707. A number of cities in the Southeast are also setting records for their average temperatures for the year to date–you can see the list at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2017/07/supplemental/page-1.
