July 2019 Hottest July Since Record Keeping Began 140 Years Ago

Much of the planet sweltered in unprecedented heat in July, as temperatures soared to new heights in the hottest month ever recorded. The record warmth also shrank Arctic and Antarctic sea ice to historic lows.

Here’s a closer look into NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:

Climate by the numbers

The average global temperature in July was 1.71 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 60.4 degrees, making it the hottest July in the 140-year record, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. The previous hottest month on record was July 2016.

Nine of the 10 hottest Julys have occurred since 2005—with the last five years ranking as the five hottest. Last month was also the 43rd consecutive July and 415th consecutive month with above-average global temperatures.

Year to date I January through July

The period from January through July produced a global temperature that was 1.71 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 56.9 degrees, tying with 2017 as the second-hottest year to date on record.

It was the hottest year to date for parts of North and South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the southern half of Africa, portions of the western Pacific Ocean, western Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. 

An annotated map of the world showing notable climate events that occurred around the world in July 2019. For details, see the short bulleted list below in our story

(NOAA)
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More notable stats and facts

Record-low sea ice: Average Arctic sea ice set a record low for July, running 19.8% below average – surpassing the previous historic low of July 2012.

Average Antarctic sea-ice coverage was 4.3% below the 1981-2010 average, making it the smallest for July in the 41-year record.

Some cool spots: Parts of Scandinavia and western and eastern Russia had temperatures at least 2.7 degrees F below average.

More > Access NOAA’s full climate report and download images.

Contacts and sources:
John Bateman
NOAA

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• Central Scrutinizer

  NOT !!!!! Learn some real science.

  Aug 20, 2019, 11:40 am 0 Reply
• PaulTarsuss

  Alton acts as an info clearing house…and it’s clear there is very little, if any, vetting of sources going on. If “Alton Parrish” were TRULY interested in the whole story, he’d have spent a few minutes searching for temps in the southern hemisphere for the same time period. All time LOW temperature records were set all across the southern hemisphere during the northern hemisphere’s summer….

  https://electroverse.net/all-time-low-temperature-record-falls-in-brazil/

  https://electroverse.net/multiple-all-time-cold-temperature-records-fell-in-southern-queensland-overnight/

  Here is why: https://beforeitsnews.com/earthquakes/2018/01/news-media-silenced-regarding-supermoons-and-their-impact-on-global-events-2648755.html

  https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2014/06/pole-shift-of-noahs-day-about-to-happen-again-heres-the-evidence-you-decide-2461772.html

  Good Journeys All

  Aug 21, 2019, 3:57 pm 0 Reply