And the Winner is....

Oklahoma!   With a record breaking July!!  As of July 2011, Oklahoma recorded the country's highest monthly average temperature ever.  That's the highest average temperature, for any month, for any state, associate Oklahoma state climatologist Gary McManus said.  The average temperature for the month of July was 89*.  Texas was not far behind, recording an average temp of 87*.   Surprisingly, we broke our own record ~ the previous record was set by Oklahoma as well, in 1954 with an average temperature of 81*.

Oklahoma, Texas Set Heat Records In July