With the close of June, the world has experienced 14 consecutive month of record-breaking heat, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June was 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit warmer across land and oceans than average for the month, eclipsing June 2015 by .04 degrees, according to the data. “For the year to date, the average global temperature was 1.89 degrees F above the 20th century average. This was the highest temperature for this period, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.36 degrees F.,” a NOAA release explains.
Globally averaged sea surface temperature in June was 1.39 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century monthly average, the data shows.
“The June globally averaged land surface temperature was 2.23°F above the 20th century average of 55.9°F. This value tied with 2015 as the highest June global land temperature in the 1880–2016 record. This was the 34th consecutive June with global land temperatures above the 20th century average,” NOAA said.
