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Welcome to "Best Summer Ever," your guide to getting the most out of the sunny season. Whether your idea of a perfect summer is embarking on epic adventures or blissfully doing as little as possible, we've got you covered. Because the best summer doesn't just happen—you have to make it happen.

Records were made to be broken, of course, so perhaps it's no surprise that the summer of 2023 was the hottest on record, globally (or for at least the last 2,000 years). And you'll probably not be surprised to learn that 2024 managed to top that (just by a bit, but still). 2025 has already seen one of the hottest springs on record in the contiguous United States, with expectations high that the upcoming summer will be at least the second-hottest ev

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