A double scorcher: June joins May with heat record

[IDemo]

Source: USA Today

Last month was the Earth's warmest June since records began in 1880, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

It marked the second-straight month the world set a warm-temperature record.

The average temperature over global surfaces for June 2014 was 1.3 degrees above the 20th-century average of 59.9 degrees. In May, the Earth's temperature was 1.33 degrees above the average of 58.6 degrees.

"The warmth was fueled by record warm ocean temperatures," said Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist with NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. Large parts of the Pacific Ocean and most of the Indian Ocean hit record-high temperatures or were much warmer than average for the month.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/07/21/june-record-heat/12943367/

[tom_kelly]

1. Shirley this can't be true. Let the doubters/paid consultants begin... n/t

[Newsjock]

2. It's true, and stop calling me Shirley

Someone had to say it.

[onehandle]

3. Temperatures have a Liberal Bias. nt

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, IDemo.

[Dopers_Greed]

5. I don't believe it

It was cold outside a handful of months ago.

[RebelOne]

6. Well, actually, the July temperatures here in North Georgia

have been below normal. This past week, the temperatures have been in the 60s in the morning. I do not remember ever having to turn off my A/C at night during mid-July.

[Skittles]

7. there was an anomaly this month

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/polar-invasion-july-record-cold-temperatures-20140716