Via: CNN.com
The summer of 2011 was the second hottest on record for the United States…
At least 22 people died as a result of the heat wave that swept the nation earlier this summer. Texas had the distinction of experiencing the warmest summer on record of any state in America. Dallas had (40) consecutive days of 100-plus degree temperatures and the bad part is, Meteorologists are predicting no immediate end in sight to the heat or drought…
For 15 states, the average temperature ranked among their top 10 warmest, while overall, 46 of the lower 48 states saw average to above-average temperatures. Oregon and Washington were the only exceptions.
