July 2012 Fourth Warmest on Record

After the fourth warmest June on record, the combined global land and ocean temperature for July 2012 was 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20^thcentury average of 15.8°C (60.4°F), making it the 4th warmest July on record (since 1880).

July 2012 Global Temperature Anomalies • Animation not work? Click here. • Still Map Image

July 2012 also marks the 36^th consecutive July and 329^th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20^th century average.

The Northern Hemisphere land surface temperature for July 2012 was the all-time warmest July on record, at 1.19°C (2.14°F) above average.

Stay tuned for more July 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 July 2012, published online August 2012, retrieved on August 15, 2012 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/7.