The US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era
- Posted on September 9, 2026
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The US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era
The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, soundly beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to new data released Wednesday by NOAA. Previously, those two years had tied for the hottest summer.
