{"id":3640,"date":"2026-08-03T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:47:14","slug":"july-likely-to-be-hottest-month-on-record-in-the-us-and-more-dangerous-heat-is-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3640","title":{"rendered":"July likely to be hottest month on record in the US &#8211; and more dangerous heat is on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/books-what-to-read-summer-new-releases-b2994764.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-ylk=\"slk:July;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" data-rapid_p=\"7\" data-y-link-id=\"1j83dey18m9vyp14sxcv\" data-v9y=\"1\">July<\/a>\u00a0is typically the warmest month of the year &#8211; but this month could be the hottest ever in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Temperatures\u00a0have been above average for 260 million Americans in recent weeks, meteorologist Ben Knoll wrote in a social media\u00a0post\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New York City experienced\u00a0its hottest day since July 2012\u00a0and Utah&#8217;s Salt Lake City saw its\u00a0hottest day since record-keeping began\u00a0152 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Similarly dangerous\u00a0heat events\u00a0fueled by climate change are becoming the &#8220;new normal,&#8221; Steven Cohen, director of the sustainability management program at Columbia University, told\u00a0NPR.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year&#8217;s supercharged\u00a0El Nino climate pattern\u00a0has also been a factor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/b94b4861b7443e68b3e274a6c70cc9d4d138d53422605bb6c22418cf161fc5cd\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_independent_635%2F3a6970656ed14c83abb22f91dd36bcf2\" alt=\"People cool themselves with an ice-cold water bottle during the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., two days before the Fourth of July. This month has seen record temperatures and deadly heat - making it one of the worst Julys ever (Getty Images)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"15\" data-y-link-id=\"1k73ycb1o4dait18hm9k\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div>\n<p>People cool themselves with an ice-cold water bottle during the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., two days before the Fourth of July. This month has seen record temperatures and deadly heat &#8211; making it one of the worst Julys ever (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"mt-1 bg-primary text-sm text-link ml-2 absolute bottom-0 right-0 before:content-['...']\" data-ylk=\"elm:loadmore;itc:1;sec:content-canvas;slk:more;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;}\" data-y-link-id=\"0tmeand1oaeslf1jskz0\" data-rapid_p=\"29\">More<\/button><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">El Nino brings warmer and drier weather throughout the northern and central U.S., with wetter and more humid conditions in the South. It&#8217;s also helped to form multiple deadly\u00a0heat domes\u00a0this July, with more on the way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Heat domes are high pressure systems in the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere that trap heat over areas, lasting for days or even weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s the length of these phenomena that makes them deadly and domes have been tied to at least 70 deaths in Mississippi, Illinois and other states this summer, according to a tally of local health data from\u00a0<em>The Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New Jersey reported\u00a029 deaths\u00a0during the first of two oppressive East Coast heat domes on the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first canceled celebrations and\u00a0resulted in buckling rail lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the threat is not yet over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another heat dome is set to bake the West this weekend, fueling wildfire threats and pushing temperatures near 120 degrees in California and Arizona, according to\u00a0AccuWeather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Temperatures above 100 degrees are common in the deserts during midsummer. However, this strengthening heat dome will push highs 10-20 degrees above the historical average into early August,&#8221; AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski wrote Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/72f50bd976baff0ddb51739beb93a39ef3cf22789a0cd9222c7384467a252ba2\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_independent_635%2Fd8aea3bac5e284e267fa8df8b9f6e344\" alt=\"People walk and bike in New York City earlier this month as dangerous Canadian wildfire smoke fills the skies. Wildfire smoke has been linked to developing cancer (AFP\/Getty)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"21\" data-y-link-id=\"0jggguw1e9u0re1yq6ur\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div>\n<p>People walk and bike in New York City earlier this month as dangerous Canadian wildfire smoke fills the skies. Wildfire smoke has been linked to developing cancer (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And more frequent and severe life-threatening heat events are expected to hit the U.S. in coming summer seasons, climatologists warn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We know that heat waves are becoming more intense, they&#8217;re lasting longer, they&#8217;re covering larger areas than they used to because of human-caused climate change,&#8221; Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, told\u00a0<em>The Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That likely means rising death tolls. Heat is already the deadliest weather condition in the U.S., causing\u00a02,000 deaths each year, Yale research shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The invisible killer can strain organ function and forces the heart to work harder to pump blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Increased heat also can mean worsened drought and more of the tinderbox conditions needed to fuel major wildfires that send\u00a0toxic, cancer-linked smoke\u00a0hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That&#8217;s already happened this month, too, with air quality becoming hazardous for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest and Northeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Extreme heat and wildfire smoke each carry major risks, especially for people with chronic health conditions including heart disease,&#8221; Dr. Manesh Patel, chief of the division of cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine, said in a\u00a0statement. &#8220;The combination of the two is extremely dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July\u00a0is typically the warmest month of the year &#8211; but this month could be the hottest ever in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,55,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-usa","category-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3642,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions\/3642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}