On social media, the month of July frequently sees posts reminding folks about "the greatest newspaper graphic of all time," displayed in the tweet below. That graphic, credited to USA Today, describes the dangers of excessive heat by visualizing an anthropomorphized sun suggestively gripping a phallic thermometer. Heat stroke was a concern:
The graphic is real. It appeared in the print edition of USA Today on July 2, 2011. As described by Huffington Post at the time, "If you picked up last Friday’s print edition of USA Today, you might have stumbled upon this 'handy' graphic about the dangers of heat stroke featuring a sun holding a thermometer." The outlet described it as "the most erotic weather graphic you’ll probably ever see."
Because the graphic did indeed appear in print, the claim is "True."