700 max temperature records shattered across US in record-breaking heatwave
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* [http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KICT/2011/6/9/WeeklyHistory.html Wichita, Kansas (temperature rose above 100 F around midnight)]
* [http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KICT/2011/6/9/WeeklyHistory.html Wichita, Kansas (temperature rose above 100 F around midnight)]
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* [http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/7day/us.html?c=maxtemp,highmin In July 2011, approx 700 high temperature and 2000 high minimum temperature
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records are shattered] in a [http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2011/07/22/extreme-heat-smothers-large-part-us/?test=latestnews heatwave that blankets the entire MidWest and East Coast].
Random temperature fluctuations, including those above, would occur in the absence of [[global warming]].
Random temperature fluctuations, including those above, would occur in the absence of [[global warming]].