July 2018 was the hottest July in Palm Springs history and the hottest month ever in Death Valley. California's average minimum temperature in July 2018 was 64.9°, the hottest minimum on record. In 124 years of record keeping, California's five hottest years are 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. There ya go!
California's destructive summer brings blunt talk about climate change
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