WASHINGTON: The first six months of the year also set a record for warmth, according to the monthly report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June was the fourth month of 2015 that set a file, she claimed.
The average temperature in the first six months of 2015 was 57.83F (14.35C), beating the old record set in 2010 by one-sixth of a degree. Initially NOAA figured February 2015 was only the second hottest February on record, but new data came in that promoted it to the hottest, Blunden said.
This follows a record warm 2014 for the planet.
And the picture is even more dramatic when the entire year is considered. In it, they say 2014 was the third warmest year on record, but just barely.
The State of the Climate in 2014 report compiled by NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate at the National Centers for Environmental Information has confirmed that the year 2014 was the hottest year on record based on insights and data from 413 scientists from 58 countries around the world.
Record warmth was seen in June in the western US, parts of northern South America, several regions in central to western Africa, central Asia, and parts of southeastern Asia, the centers reported. The agency points out that the previous two warm weather records in the dataset before last year, occurred in 2010 and 2005, with both those years featuring El nino’s that ended early, rather than persisting through the year. This year’s El nino is expected to be one of the strongest on record, reports NASA, and is expected to persist throughout the year.
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