It’s Not Just You; July Was The Hottest Month On Record

The month’s average temperature across land and sea surfaces worldwide was 61.86 Fahrenheit (16.61 Celsius), marking the hottest July ever.

The weather in Chicago might have been about average last month, but July saw the highest average global temperatures of any month on record, and 2015 is on pace to be the warmest year on record as well.

“This record shows us that the Earth keeps getting warmer”, Jessica Blunden, an NOAA climate expert told EFE Thursday, warning of the impact of higher temperatures on sea levels and glaciers.

We suspected it was coming, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just confirmed: July 2015 was, without a doubt, the hottest month in recorded history. It’s normally the warmest month of the year for the world as a whole. World Likely Headed for Warmest Year as Well.

According to the Met Office, the UK had its warmest July day ever on July 1, when temperatures hit 36.7 C near London.

Yup, we’re under an El Nino advisory in the Northern Hemisphere. Crouch says this reaffirms that the Earth is warming, with a boost this year from an El Niño warming of the Pacific Ocean. It’s also the 10th most extreme, according to an index that tracks temperatures and precipitations falling in the upper or lower 10% of those on record.

The average temperature for Africa was the second highest for July. That’s the 8th smallest size for the month since ice size records began in 1979, but it’s the largest area covered since 2009.

The Japanese Meteorological Agency has determined that July 2015 was the warmest July on record for global surface going back to 1891.