Hot wet and wild June 2016 tops U S warmth record
NOAA reports June 2016 as the warmest on record for the contiguous United States with an average of 71.8 degrees and states in all regions warmer than normal. Utah and Arizona posted their hottest Junes, while the year’s first half was notably wet and volatile with eight billion-dollar disasters counted or estimated, Texas hit hard by seven of them, and experts warning of climate change impacts.
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Triple sunrises and sunsets on a planet with three suns
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