Hottest July for Dalhart, Amarillo, Del Rio, San Antonio, Austin, TX; Bluefield, WV; Detroit, MI; West Palm Beach; Fort Wayne, IN; Wichita Falls; Oklahoma City

A Hideous Hot Streak. Be glad you're not stuck down in Ft. Smith, Arkansas: 27 days/row above 100 degrees, breaking the old record of 17 days/row set during the Dust Bowl Year of 1934. Source: NOAA.

**...JULY 2011 RANKS AS THE WARMEST JULY AND THE ALL TIME WARMEST
MONTH ON RECORD AT DALHART, TX
**JULY 2011 RANKS AS THE WARMEST JULY AND THE ALL TIME WARMEST
MONTH ON RECORD AT AMARILLO, TX
**THE DRIEST OCTOBER TO JULY PERIODS AT DEL RIO, TX FROM 1906 TO 2011
ARE LISTED BELOW.
1. OCTOBER 2010 TO JULY 2011  2.21
2. OCTOBER 1955 TO JULY 1956  2.28
3. OCTOBER 1952 TO JULY 1953  4.18
**THE DRIEST OCTOBER TO JULY PERIODS FROM 1871 TO 2011 AT SAN ANTONIOARE LISTED BELOW.
1. OCTOBER 2010 TO JULY 2011  7.63
2. OCTOBER 1995 TO JULY 1996  8.26
3. OCTOBER 2008 TO JULY 2009  8.50
**WARMEST JULYS AT AUSTIN MABRY 1854 TO 2011
1.  JULY OF 2011    89.7...ALSO HOTTEST MONTH FROM 1854 TO 2011
**BLUEFIELD WV HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 76.2 DEGREES DURING JULY 2011...WHICH SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF ANY JULY.
*JULY 2011 WAS THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR DETROIT.
*85.7 THIS RANKS AS THE WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR THE WEST PALM BEACH AREA SINCE DATA COLLECTION BEGAN BACK IN 1888. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 85.0 DEGREES IN JULY 1942.
*A NEW RECORD WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN SET AT FORT WAYNE, IN
*...JULY 2011 WAS THE WARMEST SINGLE MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT
WICHITA FALLS...
*...JULY 2011 WAS THE WARMEST SINGLE MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT
OKLAHOMA CITY...