In the U.S., June heat broke 2,284 daily maximum temperature records and tied a further 998, according to the National Climatic Data Center. Here’s what that looked like for the lower 48 states: basically, a horrible case of heat rash.

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For completeness’ sake, here’s the chart with Alaska and Hawaii included. The non-contiguous states were a lot less overheated, but there were three heat records broken in Hawaii, and 14 broken and 10 tied in Alaska.

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This year we’ve seen 23,383 record high temperatures, compared to 13,582 at this time last year. But, you know, I’m sure that’s just “summer.”