Earth just had its hottest month ever recorded

July’s average temperature globally was 61.86 degrees Fahrenheit, beating the previous global mark set in 1998 and 2010 by about one-seventh of a degree, according to figures released Thursday by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Last month’s land temperatures were the sixth warmest recorded in a July, according to NOAA.

The average land surface temperature documented across the planet this past July was 1.73 degrees Fahrenheit (0.96 degrees Celsius) above the 20th century average and the 6th highest so far reported. The United States of America was certainly one of the couple of places that did not experience the extraordinary high temperature, together with parts of western Asia. Spain had its hottest month on record, while France had its third-warmest month.

The researchers have analysed records dating back to 1880 and concluded that July was indeed the hottest month of all time.

Following suit, both Australia and Spain experienced its hottest month on record.

In all, five months this year have set record highs for global temperatures, including the past three.

Record global heat was recorded in July as a monster El Nino combined with background warming.

Blunden, Crouch and other climate scientists are saying that these high temperatures are a result of man-made climate change and near-record El Niño.

In a report launched on-line, scientists on the US NOAA stated that they anticipate 2015 to be the hottest yr on document.

Temperatures on land contributed too, coming in 1.73 degrees F above the 20th century average.

“The records are getting attention but I worry the public will grow tired of reports of new records each month”, Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia climate scientist, told the AP. “This natural phenomenon, which appears as a large swathe of warm water in the Pacific every few years, is known to push up global temperatures”, Matt McGrath, BBC Environment Correspondent, wrote in an analysis.