Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said, amid global climate warming worries.
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said, amid global climate warming worries.
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The combined global land and ocean surface temperature data also found the January-June and April-June periods were the warmest on record, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, which based its findings on measurements that go back as far as 1880.
In June, the combined average for global land and ocean temperatures was 16.2 Celsius - 0.68 Celsius more than the 20th century average of 15.5 Celsius. Temperatures warmer than average spread throughout the globe in recent months, most prominently in Peru, in the central and eastern United States and in eastern and western Asia, according to NOAA.
In contrast, cooler-than-average conditions affected Scandinavia, southern China and the US northwest. The Beijing Climate Center found that Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Jilin experienced their warmest June since records began in 1951, while Guizhou saw its coolest June ever. Spain's nationwide temperatures made June the coolest in 13 years, according to its meteorological surface.
Global ocean surface temperatures averaged 0.54 Celsius above last century's average of 16.4 Celsius - the fourth warmest June since records began. The Atlantic Ocean saw the most pronounced warmth, NOAA said. The average land surface temperature that month was 1.07 Celsius more than the 20th century average of 13.3 Celsius - the warmest ever.
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