2010 seeing new record high temperatures
July 8th, 2010The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports the global combined land and ocean surface temperature average for May was the warmest on record. The globally averaged temperature for both land and ocean surfaces was 0.69°C (1.24°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F).
May 2010 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in degrees Celsius
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature during March–May 2010 was 14.4°C (58.0°F) and ranked as the warmest such period on record, 0.73°C (1.31°F) above the 20th century average of 13.7°C (56.7°F).
March 2010 – May 2010 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in degrees Celsius
The warmest anomalies occurred over eastern and northern North America, eastern Brazil, northern Africa, eastern Europe, and southern Asia. See the deep red dots along the land masses of the Arctic and in southern Greenland and the eastern U.S. and Canada. Anomalously cool conditions were present over eastern Asia and the western United States.
Looks to be a long, hot summer.
May Global Hemisphere plot