Climate change and El Niño are working together to make your summer extra hot

July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the contiguous United States set a record for its hottest month ever in July.

Thirteen states saw one of their five warmest Julys, with this year's beating July 1936 and July 2012 to become the hottest month overall.

The United States has recorded its hottest month in more than a century of official temperature records. July’s average temperature was 76.89F (24.94C) across the Lower 48 states,…