Climate Change: June is globally 3rd hottest on record
June 2020 classified as the third warmest June in NOAA’s 141 year global data set which goes back as far as 1880.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) findings are as follow:
“”Averaged as a whole, the global land and ocean surface temperature for June 2020 was 0.92°C (1.66°F) above the 20th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F), tying with 2015 as the third highest June temperature departure from average in the 141-year record. June 2020 marked the 44th consecutive June and the 426th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th century average. Nine of the 10 warmest Junes have occurred since 2010; the seven warmest Junes have occurred in the last seven years (2014–2020).””
Additional reading:
– Assessing the Global Climate in June 2020
– Global Climate Report – June 2020
