July was 8th hottest on Record

July is in the books and it ended up being 1.5° above average. Which followed June being 1.9° above average. The summer so far has been the 6th warmest on record in Charlotte. Notice in both cases last July and the summer in 2010 was warmer than this summer.

July 2011

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Summer 2011

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(Source The Southeast Regional Climate Center)