The headlines about global warming have been hard to miss. First we had the unofficial hottest day on record, then a string of unofficial hottest days in a row, followed by the unofficial hottest week.
But here at ImaGeo, I chose to wait for NOAA and NASA to come out with their regular independent monthly analyses of the global climate. I explain why below, but first, the news:
Both agencies have found that last month obliterated the record for warmest June globally.
In both NOAA's and NASA's records, last month marked the first time that the average global temperature for June was greater than 1 degree C above long-term averages. By NOAA's analysis, the global average surface temperature in June was 1.05 degrees C (that's 1.89 F) above the 20th-century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F). "June 2023 also marked the 47th-consecutive June and the 532nd-consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century ...
