CO2 smashing extreme weather records, page-6006

The June 2020 global climate report was issued by NOAA this week and is available on an internet page ncdc.noaa.gov.

to whet your appetite, the following are excerpts from the report. A major part of the report examines global temperatures in the 2020 calendar first half.

NOAA:

"Averaged as a whole, the global land and ocean surface temperature for June 2020 was 0.92°C (1.66°F) above the 20th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F), tying with 2015 as the third highest June temperature departure from average in the 141-year record.

"June 2020 marked the 44th consecutive June and the 426th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th century average.

"Nine of the 10 warmest Junes have occurred since 2010; the seven warmest Junes have occurred in the last seven years (2014–2020).

"The June 2020 global land-only surface temperature was also the third highest for June at 1.29°C (2.32°F) above average.

"The global ocean-only surface temperature of 0.77°C (1.39°F) was also the third highest for June in the 141-year record."