How Hot Was This Summer?

Weather historian Christopher C. Burt presents a fascinating article on the summer heat records that were broken during the HOT summer of 2011.

For the complete article with a Map and lists go here:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/article.html?entrynum=40

 "I have shaded the region that has just recorded its warmest summer on record. This represents about 15% of the contiguous United States (45 of my 303 stations)." (from Christopher's article).