August ties with July 2023 as hottest month ever recorded

NPR | By Ava Berger

Published September 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT

If you thought this summer was hot, you were right. NOAA confirms that this summer in the contiguous U.S. has smashed previous heat records. Globally, August was the hottest month on record.

Ava Berger

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