The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 9, 2015 May Was Wottest Month Ever in the United States ------------------------------------------------ Last month was officially the wettest month ever recorded in the United States. Despite a record drought in California, states across the midwest were hit by heavy rain in May, a pattern which has been linked to climate change. .