6:45 am on Friday August 10, 2012
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
July joins 2012 trend in being the hottest yet
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2012 started off hot, and July has followed in step, besting the 20th century average by 3.3 degrees to be the hottest July yet, and the hottest of any month the U.S. has yet recorded.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted that the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6 degrees, besting the previous warmest July in 1936 when the average temperature was 77.4 degrees.
The warm July temperatures contributed to a record-warm first seven months of the year and the warmest 12-month period the nation has experienced since record keeping began in 1895.
The trend carried through again in South Carolina, where we saw the third warmest month.
| 1st | July 1993 | +4.4°F |
| 2nd | July 1986 | +4.2°F |
| 3rd | July 2011 | +2.9°F |
| July 2012 | +2.9°F | |
| 5th | July 1932 | +2.7°F |
| 6th | July 1934 | +2.5°F |
| 7th | July 1931 | +2.4°F |
| July 2010 | +2.4°F | |
| 9th | July 1977 | +2.3°F |
| 10th | July 1998 | +2.2°F |
| 1st | Jan-Jul 2012 | +2.7°F |
| 2nd | Jan-Jul 1990 | +2.4°F |
| 3rd | Jan-Jul 1949 | +2.3°F |
| 4th | Jan-Jul 1952 | +2.2°F |
| Jan-Jul 1932 | +2.2°F | |
| 6th | Jan-Jul 1953 | +2.1°F |
| 7th | Jan-Jul 1974 | +2.0°F |
| Jan-Jul 1939 | +2.0°F | |
| Jan-Jul 1911 | +2.0°F | |
| 10th | Jan-Jul 1913 | +1.9°F |
| Jan-Jul 1945 | +1.9°F | |
| Jan-Jul 1925 | +1.9°F |
This weekend's forecast you ask? The same as what's being forecast for the rest of August in the U.S. and Southeast: hot.
