{
  "id": 632787,
  "title": "Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/contiguous-us-breaks-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-noaa-says",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2054244/contiguous-us-breaks-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-noaa-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895. [...] Although it…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}