STORM2K

July 14, 2005— For June 2005, temperatures throughout the contiguous United States were higher than average, according to scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Drier-than-average conditions prevailed from Texas to the Midwest and Northeast, while areas of the Southeast, northern Plains and West were wetter than average. Precipitation was near average for the nation as a whole. Also, the global land surface temperature was warmest on record for the month.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2474.htm