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06-24-2014, 12:15 PM
It's going to be a long, hot summer: May was hottest EVER for Earth as researchers warn more record breaking months are coming
Average temperature on Earth of 59.93 degrees Fahrenheit (15.54 degrees Celsius)
Beat the old record set four years ago
California recorded record hot first five months 5 degrees above normal
By MARK PRIGG
PUBLISHED: 22:15 GMT, 23 June 2014 | UPDATED: 03:26 GMT, 24 June 2014
Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, experts say.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday said May's average temperature on Earth of 59.93 degrees Fahrenheit (15.54 degrees Celsius) beat the old record set four years ago.
However, California is having a record hot first five months of the year, a full 5 degrees above normal.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/23/article-2666402-1F0FA0E900000578-195_634x471.jpg
May was especially hot in parts of Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Spain, South Korea and Australia, while the United States was not close to a record, just 1 degree warmer than the 20th century average.
In April, the globe tied the 2010 record for that month. Records go back to 1880.
May was 1.33 degrees (0.74 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century world average.
The last month that was cooler than normal was February 1985, marking 351 hotter than average months in a row.
This possibly could quiet people claiming global warming has stopped, but more importantly it 'should remind everyone that global warming is a long-term trend,' Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer said.
Setting or tying monthly global heat records has happened frequently in recent years. The last global monthly cold record was set in December 1916.
Spring, which is March through May, was the second warmest on record globally, behind only 2010.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/23/article-urn:publicid:ap.org:39104922617a433c9550f031f0c4e9 dd-6QYCV1Lyf-HSK1-281_634x420.jpg
Thijs Talluto, 3, of Los Angeles, cooling-off in a fountain at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. U.S: Driven by record warm ocean waters, May's average temperature on Earth of 59.93 degrees Fahrenheit beat the old record set in 2010.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2666402/Its-going-long-hot-summer-May-hottest-EVER-Earth-researchers-warn-record-breaking-months-coming.html#ixzz35YffhiPZ
Average temperature on Earth of 59.93 degrees Fahrenheit (15.54 degrees Celsius)
Beat the old record set four years ago
California recorded record hot first five months 5 degrees above normal
By MARK PRIGG
PUBLISHED: 22:15 GMT, 23 June 2014 | UPDATED: 03:26 GMT, 24 June 2014
Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, experts say.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday said May's average temperature on Earth of 59.93 degrees Fahrenheit (15.54 degrees Celsius) beat the old record set four years ago.
However, California is having a record hot first five months of the year, a full 5 degrees above normal.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/23/article-2666402-1F0FA0E900000578-195_634x471.jpg
May was especially hot in parts of Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Spain, South Korea and Australia, while the United States was not close to a record, just 1 degree warmer than the 20th century average.
In April, the globe tied the 2010 record for that month. Records go back to 1880.
May was 1.33 degrees (0.74 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century world average.
The last month that was cooler than normal was February 1985, marking 351 hotter than average months in a row.
This possibly could quiet people claiming global warming has stopped, but more importantly it 'should remind everyone that global warming is a long-term trend,' Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer said.
Setting or tying monthly global heat records has happened frequently in recent years. The last global monthly cold record was set in December 1916.
Spring, which is March through May, was the second warmest on record globally, behind only 2010.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/23/article-urn:publicid:ap.org:39104922617a433c9550f031f0c4e9 dd-6QYCV1Lyf-HSK1-281_634x420.jpg
Thijs Talluto, 3, of Los Angeles, cooling-off in a fountain at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. U.S: Driven by record warm ocean waters, May's average temperature on Earth of 59.93 degrees Fahrenheit beat the old record set in 2010.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2666402/Its-going-long-hot-summer-May-hottest-EVER-Earth-researchers-warn-record-breaking-months-coming.html#ixzz35YffhiPZ