Washington Post claims 2018 was California's hottest July -- they lied -- July 1931 was much hotter than July 2018 !

BUT:

California’s two 

hottest stations 

do not have data 

prior to 1940 

in the GHCN database, 

so they need 

to be removed 

to do a fair comparison 

of 2018 and 1931.  

When Needles 

and Death Valley 

are removed, 

California 

July temperatures 

are dropping sharply 

since 1931, and 

July 2018 was 

five degrees cooler 

than July 1931: