GFP Note: Extreme weather events are generally seen as signs of Mother Earths' ascension process.
Christine Dell'Amore
Published August 8, 2012
Lower 48 sweltered due to widespread heat ridge, expert says.
Construction-company owner Joe Weston cools off in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, last month.
Photograph by Laura Stoecker, Daily Herald/AP
July was the hottest month on record in the United States, perhaps due to a combination of global warming and a widespread drought, experts say.
The lower 48 U.S. states experienced an average July temperature of 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit (25.3 degrees Celsius).
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