{"id":235578,"date":"2026-07-04T18:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235578\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:32:26","slug":"hottest-julys-in-pennsylvania-since-1895","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235578\/","title":{"rendered":"Hottest Julys in Pennsylvania since 1895"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\" Andrzej Kubik \/\/ Shutterstock <\/p>\n

In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895<\/a>, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while 20 states saw one of their 10 hottest days<\/a> in the same month. The year prior, July marked the hottest month on record worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Climate change is driving rising temperatures and more record heat. The Earth’s temperature<\/a> has climbed each decade since 1880 by about .14 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit total.<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a ranking of the hottest Julys in Pennsylvania since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information<\/a>. Rankings are based on the highest average temperature in each month. For each of the hottest months listed below, we’ve included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lows for the month, and the total precipitation.<\/p>\n

#10. July 1988<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 73.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 86.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 60.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 5.03″<\/p>\n

#9. July 1999<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 86.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 61.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 2.62″<\/p>\n

#8. July 2012<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 85.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 62.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.73″<\/p>\n

#6. July 1949 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 85.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 63\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 5.1″<\/p>\n

#6. July 1921 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 85.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 63.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.28″<\/p>\n

#5. July 2011<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 86.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 61.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 2.98″<\/p>\n

#4. July 2025<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 85.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 63.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.16″<\/p>\n

#3. July 1901<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 85\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 64.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.05″<\/p>\n

#2. July 1955<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 87.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 61.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 2.57″<\/p>\n

#1. July 2020<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 74.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 86.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 63.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 3.57″<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Stacker Media, LLC<\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrzej Kubik \/\/ Shutterstock In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-235578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}