WBRZ - Baton Rouge

Climate Central reports that July was the all-time warmest month on record for the country. The report also notes that since January 1st, 2012 has been the hottest year for the United States since record keeping began in 1895. Record breaking heat hit every part of the country this year, including Baton Rouge and more than 28,000 daily high temperature records were broken. The state with the most extreme heat this year was Wisconsin, followed by Iowa and Missouri. Rounding out the list as the hottest were Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Illinois, and Ohio. Colorado and Arkansas are the only states on the top ten list not located in the Midwest. Determining which state had the most extreme heat wasn't determined by records broken but four other data comparatives