# US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era

https://mins.news/en/item/51743

- CNN, 2026-09-09 17:30 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/09/climate/us-hottest-summer-climate-change-el-nino?Date=20260909&Profile=CNN

> New data released Wednesday shows that the United States experienced its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, decisively surpassing the summer of 1936 during the Dust Bowl era and the summer of 2021.

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