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Americans knew it was hot in July, and now the government is saying last month was the hottest on record.
U.S. weather officials said Wednesday the average temperature across the contiguous 48 states in the country - excluding the geographically1 separate states of Alaska and Hawaii - was 25.3 degrees Celsius2 [77.6 degrees Fahrenheit] in July. That was slightly higher than the devastating3 Dust Bowl summer the country suffered through in 1936.
The government also said the country has had the warmest January-to-July period since it began keeping records in 1895, as well as the warmest 12-month period.
The U.S. said climate change is a factor. It said that in almost every month the recent surge in temperatures is topping the marks set during the Dust Bowl years.
Just as in the 1930s, U.S. farmlands have been scorched4 with the relentless5 heat, leaving crops withered6. With relatively7 little rain, a majority of the country's land mass has been classified as being in a drought.
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1 geographically | |
adv.地理学上,在地理上,地理方面 | |
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2 Celsius | |
adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的 | |
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3 devastating | |
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的 | |
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烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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5 relentless | |
adj.残酷的,不留情的,无怜悯心的 | |
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6 withered | |
adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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adv.比较...地,相对地 | |
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