June 2019 was the hottest on record across the globe, says NOAA | CBC News
June 2019 was the hottest in 140 years, setting a global
record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released
on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released
on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The
report said that the average global temperature in June was 0.94
C above the 20th-century average of 15.5 C and marks the
414th consecutive month in which temperatures were above
the 20th-century average. Nine of the 10 hottest Junes over the last 140
years have occurred since 2010, NOAA said.
Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the Hawaii and U.S. Gulf of Mexico regions experienced their hottest Junes on record.