Heat Wave Across the United States

This map depicts land surface temperature anomalies for July 20 to 27, 2011, in the midst of a month-long heatwave across much of the United States.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Heat Wave Across the United States.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained from the Land Processes Data Active Archive Cemter (LPDAAC) data pool.

Published August 6, 2011
Data acquired July 20 - 27, 2011