2010 continues to be a record scorcher
July 20th, 2010June 2010 was the hottest June since widespread weather recording began, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
June 2010 was the fourth consecutive month with reported warmest averaged global land and ocean temperature on record (March, April, and May 2010 were also the warmest on record). June 2010 was the 304th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average.
The combined global average land and ocean surface temperature for the January–June period was the warmest such period on record, 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20th century average.
Jeff Masters at Wonder Blog reports nine countries have smashed all-time temperature records so far in 2010:
]S]ix nations in Asia and Africa set new all-time hottest temperature marks in June. Two nations, Myanmar and Pakistan, set all-time hottest temperature marks in May, including Asia’s hottest temperature ever, the astonishing 53.5°C (128.3°F) mark set on May 26 in Pakistan. Last week’s record in Russia makes nine countries this year that have recorded their hottest temperature in history, making 2010 the year with the most national extreme heat records.
This graph shows how global temperatures have been rising over the past 100 years:
