The United States Office of Management and Budget has designated Somerset County as the Somerset, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area (ÂµSA). As of the 2010 U.S. Census the micropolitan area ranked 7th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 77th most populous in the United States with a population of 77,742.
While not the hottest city in North America, Las Vegas is located very close to the hottest location in the entire Western Hemisphere: Californiaâs Death Valley. In 1911, temperature gauges at the park recorded a daytime high of 134Â°F (56.7C) â just one degree short of the world record. 4. Hong Kong, China.
Every city on the list has an average of at least one day a year where temperatures hit the freezing mark, and 24 of the hottest cities have at least 10 such days. In Bishop, California, a city with 91 days of at least 90Â°F, there are an average of 144 days of temperatures at 32Â°F or less. To identify the hottest cities in America, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the average number of days each year that temperatures of 90Â°F or higher are recorded in 254 U.S. cities.