Kansas City Climate Change Fact Check: Saved From July Skyfall

Weather is not climate . . . And this cowtown was spared from crazy head endured by crazy middle-class people who live in the desert and expect something different.

Accordingly, here's a rare bit of worthwhile dead-tree reporting that cost more trees their lives today:

This July wasn’t even close to the hottest month on record — in fact, it was on the cooler side compared to all recorded Julys.

July’s mean average temperature this year was just 77.3°F in the Kansas City area — the 99th hottest July on record and the 35th coolest. It shares these rankings with July of three other years with the same average temperature: 1898, 1961 and 1990.

While this July was Kansas City’s hottest month of 2023 so far, it was cooler than both July and August of last year and of the year prior.

Many other U.S. cities have seen far worse heat this summer — including Phoenix, Arizona, which saw daily high temperatures at or above 110°F for the entire month of July.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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