The Heat is On: 2014 Headed for Warmest Year on Record

Source: NOAA Last week, a NASA update pegged September as the warmest on record. Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has concurred — and reported that 2014 is on track to be the be the warmest year since record keeping began in 1880. NOAA also reports that the January through September period was tied with 1998 as the hottest since 1880. “If 2014 maintains this temperature departure from average for the remainder of the year, it will be the warmest year on record,” according to NOAA's report. Another indication of what's happening: The past 12 months — October 2013 through September 2014 — was the toastiest 12-month period in the record books.