June '10 the hottest month ever: NOAA

GN Bureau | July 19, 2010




In June, 2010, temperatures soared to a new high making the month as the warmest ever in recorded history. A study released by the America’s climate agency the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said, “Last month’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made it the warmest June on record and the warmest on record averaged for any April-June and January-June periods.”

According to the report, “The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for June 2010 was the warmest on record at 16.2°C, which is 0.68°C above the 20th century average of 15.5°C.”

The report also suggested that the combined global land and ocean surface temperature for April-June 2010 was 0.70°C above the 20th century average—the warmest April-June period on record.

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