More Record Warmth from NOAA
NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has released their global temperature data for August 2014 and the results are fairly similar to what we just saw from NASA.
Globally, August 2014 averaged 0.75 degrees C. (1.35 F.) above the 20th century average, making last month the warmest August on record for land/ocean combined. The previous August record was set back in the El Nino year of 1998. Records go back to 1880.
August 2014 was not only the warmest August on record for global ocean temperatures but was the warmest on record for any month, beating the record that was only set two months earlier in June 2014.
In terms of land masses only, August 2014 ranked 2nd warmest on record globally, averaging 0.99 degrees C. (1.78 F.) above the 20th century average. The August record for land masses was set in 1998.
June-August period
The June-August period was also the warmest on record globally, averaging 0.71 degrees C. (1.28 F.) above the 20th century average, which moves (J/J/A of 1998) into second place.
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