Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. June 2011 brought temperature and precipitation extremes across the United States. An oppressive heat wave, accompanied by intensifying drought conditions, shattered temperature records in the South and Southwest. Overall, the nation had its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C.
The average U.S. temperature in June was 70.7 degrees F, which is 1.4 degrees F above the…
