Texas Sets U.S. Heat Record

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Weather officials say Texas just finished

the hottest June through August on record in the U.S.

National Weather Service meteorologist Victor Murphy told The

Associated Press Thursday that Texas’ 86.8 degree average beat out

Oklahoma’s 85.2 degrees in 1934.

That Dust Bowl year is now third on the list for the three-month

span, behind No. 2 Oklahoma’s heat wave this June through August

(86.5 degrees).

Both states and others in the nation’s southern tier have baked

in triple-digit heat this summer. Texas had its hottest June on

record, the fifth warmest month overall, and July was the warmest

month ever. Oklahoma’s July was the country’s highest monthly

average temperature ever, 89.1 degrees.

Louisiana’s heat this June through August puts it in the fourth

spot all-time – 84.5 degrees.