He didn't say temps were rising.
BTW- in my area (Twin Cities) the record high temps are:
114 degrees both set in July.
July 29th, 1917 and July 6th, 1936.
And let's throw in our warmest winter months records:
84 degress, Nov 1, 1950
74 degress, Dec 9,1939
69 degress, Jan...