WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- According to new data from the NOAA, the planet Earth hasn't had this hot of a summer since record-keeping began in 1880. In other words, 2014 was the hottest summer in modern history.
Of course, readers along the East Coast of the United States are likely to shake their heads at such news. Residents along the Eastern Seaboard largely avoided the sweltering heat that so often haunts their late summer evenings. Temperatures were on par with historic averages in the Southeast and in New England, but Mid-Atlantic states featured cooler weather than usual.