June 2022 was among the warmest Junes ever recorded, according to several national meteorological agencies.
writing overnight in YaleClimateConnections.org, US-based meteorologist Jeff Masters said June 2022 was tied with 2020 as the warmest June on record, NASA reported on July 14 at 1.18 degrees Celsius (2.12°F) above the 1880-1920 period, its best estimate for when preindustrial temperatures last occurred.
"However, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported June 2022 was the sixth-warmest June since global record-keeping began in 1880. The month was 0.87 degree Celsius (1.57°F) above the 20th-century average, he said.
" The European Copernicus Climate Change Service rated June 2022 as the third-warmest June on record, as did the Japan Meteorological Agency, he said.
" Minor differences in the agencies’ rankings can result from the different ways they treat data-sparse regions such as the Arctic.
"The discrepancy between a sixth-warmest June (NOAA) and warmest June (NASA) may seem large, but it turns out that the top six warmest Junes in the historical record are close to being tied, being separated by only 0.08 degree Celsius (0.14°F) in the NOAA database.
"Land areas had their second-warmest June on record in 2022, with global ocean temperatures the fifth-warmest on record, according to NOAA.
"Asia and Europe had their second-warmest June on record, and North America and Africa had their seventh and tenth-warmest June on record, respectively. Although South America had a June temperature that was above average, it was its coldest June since 2016. Oceania also had an above-average June; however, it didn’t rank among the top 20 warmest on record."
