July 2016 Was the Hottest Month on Record

The record-warm July continued a streak of ten consecutive months that have set new monthly high-temperature records.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, based on data from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Caption adapted by Mike Carlowicz from stories by Patrick Lynch, Leslie McCarthy, and Mike Cabbage.

Published August 21, 2016
Data acquired July 1 - 31, 2016

Source:

In situ Measurement