According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2018 is the fourth hottest summer on record for the United States.
Meteorologists consider summer to be June through August.
Just in: #Summer2018 for contiguous USA tied with 1934 for 4th warmest summer on record per @NOAANCEIclimate https://t.co/9AqzndiW0E #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/uBQBJ5Sppm
— NOAA (@NOAA) September 6, 2018
Officials say the average temperature this summer was 73.5 degrees.
That temperature is 2.1 degrees above average.