Well, it did, but it didn't. The recorded temperatures were higher; the weather did not cause the higher temperatures.
If you have ever walked from a park on a sunny day to an asphalt-covered parking lot, you will understand the phenomenon of an "urban heat island." Now imagine what happens if you move an "official" weather station where "official" temperatures are recorded from that park to the middle of the parking lot.
Go ahead, imagine.
Now read this:
New study shows half of the global warming in the USA is artificial
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