The National Climatic Data Center released their monthly state
of the climate for July. They note that “Higher-than-average
temperatures engulfed much of the contiguous U.S. during July,
with the largest temperature departures from the 20th century
average occurring across most of the Plains, the Midwest, and
along the Eastern Seaboard. Virginia had its warmest July on
record, with a statewide temperature 4.0°F above average. In
total, 32 states had July temperatures among its ten warmest,
with seven states having their second warmest July on record.”
Of the 118 years on record, the warmth of this year is shown.
Subtract the number shown on each state from 118 to find how
many years had warmer July’s. Virginia’s 118 - 118 = none
warmer; 2012 set the record.