http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/july-was-the-fourth-warmest-on-record/#more-110363

...states like Oklahoma and Texas had the hottest July ever, with average
temperatures of 88.9 and 87.1 respectively. Oklahoma’s statewide average
temperature was the warmest for any state for any month on record.

Exceptional drought now afflicts more than 75 percent of Texas; 100 percent of
Oklahoma is suffering from moderate to exceptional drought conditions.