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June Global Temperatures Fourth Highest On Record

  • Jul 23, 2012

According to NOAA scientists, the globally averaged temperature for June 2012 marked the fourth warmest June since record keeping began in 1880. The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces was 61.03°F, 1.13°F above the 20th century average. June 2012 also marks the 36th consecutive June and 328th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. The last below-average temperature June was June 1976 and the last below-average temperature month was February 1985.

Most areas of the world experienced much above-average monthly temperatures, including most of North America and Eurasia, and northern Africa. Only Australia, northern and western Europe, and the northwestern United States were notably cooler than average. Austria recorded its highest ever June temperature of 99.9°F on June 30 in two locations -- the capital city of Vienna and in German-Altenburg, Nope. The monthly temperature during June in the United Kingdom was 0.5°F below the 1971-2000 average, making this the coolest June since 1991. Australia also remained cooler than average due to the lingering effects of La Niña.
 
For the ocean, the June global sea surface temperature was 0.85°F above the 20th century average of 61.5°F, the 10th warmest June on record. Neutral ocean conditions continued across the equatorial Pacific Ocean during June as sea surface temperatures continued to warm. According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, there is an increased chance that El Niño conditions will emerge beginning in July-September 2012. In addition to influencing seasonal climate outcomes in the United States, El Niño is often, but not always, associated with global temperatures that are higher than temperatures in the neutral and La Niña phases.

Comments

Tue, Jul 24, 2012 grego romeo Berkeley, Ca

328 months in a row of high temperatures. Go ahead put your head in the sand. Cherry picking the data? Really! Earnest.Really?

Tue, Jul 24, 2012 Ricky Chattanooga

I believe it was the History Channel that broadcast a series on the Roman Empire that started off with a discription of the miserable cold/damp weather that existed in that area of the world until a warming trend developed. That weather change allowed for grapes and olives to begin growing abundantly and resulted in trade and the beginning of the Roman Empire. Therefore, without climate change we would not have had the Roman Empire .

Tue, Jul 24, 2012 Earnest Harper, DABFE, CSP, CFC Idaho

Comparing a few months with a Century average is meanlngless and misleading. NOAA also reports that Global temperatures have been essentially flat since 1998 and even slightly cooling currently despite this "report" on a single month. The ebb & flow of ocean currents, can and do cause periodic peaks & valleys in temperature with CO2 relativily stable and the evidence being very strong that CO2 lags temperature changes, there is little to indicate GW concerns. The other thing to remember is that we still some sense that the Earth is still gradually coming out of the "little" ice age which ranged from about the Mid-14th Century to the Mid-19th Century. Just a few thoughts to keep some sanity on these "selected" picks on GW issues.

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