Summer 2016 had its fair share of excessive heat, humidity, drought, thunderstorms and flooding rain.
Sweating through its fifth hottest summer - June through August - since the late 1800s, there were some locations that were stuck in a seemingly endless summer heat wave.
Based on the magnitude and persistence of one or more of the factors mentioned above, we subjectively ranked five areas with the worst summer weather of 2016. (If you love persistently hot weather, this is a best-weather list for you, perhaps with one notable exception.)
5. California
California topped another heat record this summer, clinching its hottest June-through-August period on record dating to 1895, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Thanks, in part, to the multi-year drought, the Golden State has now seen four of its seven hottest summers from 2013 through 2016.
| Year | Statewide Mean Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 75.5 degrees |
| 2006 | 75.4 degrees |
| 2015 | 75.3 degrees |
| 1996 | 75.1 degrees |
| 2014 | 75.1 degrees |
| 2003 | 75.0 degrees |
| 2013 | 74.9 degrees |
Through Sept. 10, 4,636 large fires had burned just over 200,000 acres in California in 2016, almost 500 more fires than the same period in 2015 and over 800 more fires than the five-year-average, according to Cal Fire.
If renewed water supply concerns from some low California reservoir levels wasn't enough, toxic algae blooms were observed in at least 40 state lakes and waterways in September.
https://www.wunderground.com/news/worst-us-summer-weather-2016
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