All posts tagged "heat record"

  • People cool off in a public fountain past Rome's Palazzo Chigi government office, Monday, July 20, 2015. Temperatures in Rome this week could hit 38-39C (100-102F): sizzling heat and oppressive humidity have gripped Italy this month, with some nights in Rome seeing "low" temperatures hovering near 30C (86F). (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
    Another month, another global heat record broken — by far

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth dialed the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year. Off-the-charts heat is “getting to be a monthly thing,” said Jessica Blunden,...

    • Posted July 20, 2015
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