May Hottest on Record, US Government Experts Say

The United States saw its hottest May on record, with every one of the continental 48 states experiencing warmer than normal temperatures, U.S. weather climate experts say. The average May temperature was 18.9 degrees Celsius, shattering an 84 year-old record. Thermometers in normally cool Minneapolis hit 37 degrees on May 28. That is 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the earliest date ever for temperatures to reach triple digits in the city. It was also wet in the continental U.S. in May,...

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