07-14-25 Crystal Lake canoe

A pair of canoers escape the heat on a hazy day at Crystal Lake in Eaton on July 14. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

By Brian Fitzgerald, Special to The Conway Daily Sun

CONWAY — July 2025 was a hot, humid, and drier than normal month. With an average daily temperature of 73 degrees, it was also the second-warmest July on record since records began in 1959 by observer Joe Dodge. July of 2024 was the warmest on record (73.9 degrees), while July of 2020 was the third warmest (72.9).

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