June 2012 Fourth Warmest on Record

After the second warmest May on record, the combined global land and ocean temperature for June 2012 was 0.63°C (1.13°F) above the 20^thcentury average of 15.5°C (59.9°F), making it the 4th warmest June on record (since 1880).

June 2012 Global Temperature Anomalies • Animation link not work? Try here

Much of the well above-average land temperatures were concentrated on Earth’s land areas, making the June’s global land area the warmest on record (this was also the case for May 2012). Many land areas of the world experienced much warmer-than-average monthly temperatures, including much of Europe, Asia, northern Africa, most of North America and southern Greenland. Australia and northern Europe experienced notably cooler than average temperatures. Further, the Northern Hemisphere experienced its warmest combined land and ocean June temperature on record (this was also the case for May). The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for January–June 2012 was the 11^th warmest on record.

June 2012 also marks the 36^th consecutive June and 328^th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20^th century average.

Stay tuned for more June 2012 climate information in the coming days.

Helpful Resources for More Information

• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/ NCDC’s Global Climate Report

Credits:

Dan Pisut and Tim Loomis, NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab

Patrick Rowley, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

References:

NOAA National Climatic Data Center, State of the Climate: Global Analysis for June 2012, published online July 2012, retrieved on July 16, 2012 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/6.