June 2014 was Earth’s warmest on record as ocean and land temperatures surged

vgane · Jul 22, 2014

[h=4]Global Highlights[/h]

The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was the highest on record for the month, at 0.72°C (1.30°F) above the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F).
The global land surface temperature was 0.95°C (1.71°F) above the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] century average of 13.3°C (55.9°F), the seventh highest for June on record.
For the ocean, the June global sea surface temperature was 0.64°C (1.15°F) above the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] century average of 16.4°C (61.5°F), the highest for June on record and the highest departure from average for any month.
The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the January–June period (year-to-date) was 0.67°C (1.21°F) above the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] century average of 13.5°C (56.3°F), tying with 2002 as the third warmest such period on record.