{"id":2826,"date":"2026-05-28T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:01:13","slug":"map-heres-how-much-hotter-your-summer-has-gotten-since-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2826","title":{"rendered":"Map: Here’s how much hotter your summer has gotten since 1970"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the summer season quickly approaches, a new analysis from Climate Central is revealing how temperatures are warming across the United States.<\/p>

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The climate science organization analyzed average summer (June, July, August) temperature data from 243 major U.S. cities and quantified the influence of human-caused climate change on each city\u2019s warming trend from 1970 to 2025.<\/p>

Summers are getting hotter in majority of U.S. cities analyzed<\/h2>
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By the numbers:<\/p>

According to the data, summer warming has been widespread with temperatures warming in 97% (236) of the 243 U.S. cities analyzed.<\/p>

From 1970 to 2025, summer warmed by 2.6\u00b0F on average across these 236 cities.\u00a0<\/p>

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The sun sets behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan on July 21, 2019 in New York City. The United States sweltered in dangerously hot weather on July 21, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington broiling in temperatures that <\/span> <\/p>

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In addition, nearly every city analyzed (96%) now experiences more hotter-than-normal summer days than during the early 1970s \u2013 22 more such days, on average.\u00a0<\/p>

Summer has warmed most in Reno, Nevada; Boise, Idado<\/h2>

Dig deeper:<\/p>

Zooming in, summer has warmed, on average, the most in cities across the western and southern U.S., led by the Northwest (3.8\u00b0F), Southwest (3.7\u00b0F), and South (3.0\u00b0F).\u00a0<\/p>