National Climatic Data Center – Global Analysis for June 2014

The combined average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was record high for the month, at 0.72°C (1.30°F) above the 20th century average. This surpasses the previous record, set in June 1998, by 0.03°C (0.05°F). Nine of the ten warmest Junes on record have occurred during the 21st century, including each of the past five years. June 2014 also marks the second consecutive month with record high global temperatures. With the exception of February (21st warmest), every month to date in 2014 has ranked among the four warmest for its respective month. Additionally, June 2014 marked the 38th consecutive June and 352nd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. The last below-average global temperature for June was June 1976 and the last below-average global temperature for any month was February 1985.

The June global land temperature was the seventh highest for June on record at 0.95°C (1.71°F) above the 20th century average of 13.3°C (55.9°F). The seven warmest June global land surface temperatures have all occurred within the past decade. The warmth was fairly evenly distributed between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, with the Northern Hemisphere land-surface temperature sixth highest on record and the Southern Hemisphere land-surface temperature fifth highest. As indicated by the Land & Ocean Percentiles Map above, record warmth was present across part of southern Greenland, parts of northern South America, areas in eastern and central Africa, and sections of southern and southeastern Asia. A few areas in North America, Far East Russia, and small parts of central and eastern Europe were cooler or much cooler than average.

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NOAA National Climatic Data Center, State of the Climate: Global Analysis for June 2014, published online July 2014, retrieved on July 24, 2014 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/6.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Publication Date: July 2014

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