By Matt Devitt
July 2015 (click here) was the warmest single month in 1627 months of global records that go back to January 1880, said NOAA.
The globally averaged temperature above both land and ocean surfaces was 1.46°F WARMER than the 20th-century average. This trumps the record for any month that was set in July 1998.
Here across the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry temperatures were 1.1°F WARMER than normal for the month…with an average high temperature of 93.5°. Our hottest temperature was on the 11th when we hit 99°.
July is normally the warmest month of the year globally because of midsummer conditions across the Northern Hemisphere’s extensive land areas. However record warmth through much of the Pacific and Indian oceans played a major role in July’s new global record.
July 2015’s warmth makes the year-to-date period (January – July) the warmest period on record....
Effective with this (May 2015) (click here) monthly climate report, NCEI transitions to updated versions of its land and ocean surface temperature datasets. When combined, these merged datasets are now known as NOAAGlobalTemp (formerly MLOST). This page provides answers to some questions regarding the updated data.
The facts that NOAA brings to the need for protects of Earth's people are all empirical. They are measured and compiled by professionals. These professionals do this without a second thought to it's importance. This is not populous in nature. Since the earliest reports over fifty years ago, the findings have always been empirical and conclusive.
Today, we are realizing the results of lack of policy and commitment by major nations that can bring resolve to this trend of Earth's climate. It is easy to say this is far more than climate change, but, has become a climate crisis. This trend of Earth's climate has become dangerous and unpredictable.
Introduction (click here)
Temperature anomalies and percentiles are shown on the gridded maps below. The anomaly map on the left is a product of a merged land surface temperature (Global Historical Climatology Network, GHCN) and sea surface temperature (ERSST.v4) anomaly analysis as described in Huang et al. (2015). Temperature anomalies for land and ocean are analyzed separately and then merged to form the global analysis. For more information, please visit NCDC's Global Surface Temperature Anomalies page. The percentile map on the right provides additional information by placing the temperature anomaly observed for a specific place and time period into historical perspective, showing how the most current month, season or year compares with the past....
