NASA calculated that July 2016 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1950-1980 global average. July broke the absolute record for hottest month since records began in 1880.
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The year 2015 was declared the hottest on record and scientists have said that 2016 will likely be even hotter.
NASA revealed that temperatures last month peaked above the previous record set five years ago. In comparison to other nations, India, Kuwait and Iraq have been setting new benchmarks for hottest days on record.
“The planet is getting warmer”, Mr Schmidt said. That’s clearly hotter than the previous hotter months, about 0.18 degrees warmer than the previous record of July 2011 and July 2015, which were so close they were said to be in a tie for the hottest month on record, said NASA chief climate scientist Gavin Schmidt.
Last month was the hottest month in recorded history, beating the record set just 12 months before and continuing the long string of monthly records, according to the latest Nasa data.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calculates temperatures slightly differently and has said that there have been 14 months of record-breaking temperatures.
July 2016 was “the warmest month of any in a data record that can be extended back to the nineteenth century”, according to the United Kingdom -based Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS). “The scary thing is that we are moving into an era where it will be a surprise when each new month or year isn’t one of the hottest on record”.
It is widely accepted that July is the hottest month in a year because it’s summer in northern hemisphere, which has more land area than the southern hemisphere.
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Climate projections show that the odds favor a weak La Niña to develop in the tropical Pacific Ocean. In fact, global average temperature departures from average had been declining in recent months, though July marks an uptick compared to June, NASA found.
