The Earth Has Endured 14 Straight Months of Record-Breaking Heat [CityLab.com]

Samantha Sangenito 7/21/164:00 AM

The lower part of South America, the Beijing region, and a little patch of far-east Russia: These were the landmasses that experienced abnormally cool temperatures in June.

The vast majority of the Earth’s surface, however, was either warmer than usual or scalding with record-breaking heat, according to NOAA’s latest global analysis. At 1.6 degrees above the 20th-century average of roughly 60 degrees, it was the warmest June in modern history and the 14^thconsecutive month of unprecedented hotness. That’s the longest streak of record-busting temperatures in observations dating back to 1880.

[For more of this story, written by John Metcalfe, go to http://www.citylab.com/weather...obal-warming/492131/]

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