Global Climate Report – September 2021

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Time Series

This summer was the hottest on record, according to a new NOAA report. The 5 hottest summers have now occurred in the past 5 years.

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters - National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

The earth experienced the second hottest February on record in 2017 in spite of the fact that there was no El Nino effect warming the planet’s waters.

2016 is now confirmed as the warmest year on record globally, making it the 3rd consecutive warmest year

According to the latest NOAA report, July 2016 marks the 15th consecutive month to set a new global average temperature record and, in absolute terms, is the warmest month ever recorded in the historical data set dating back to 1880.

Global conditions resulted in the highest temperature departure for June since global temperature records began in 1880

2015 breaks record for warmest year, as well as largest margin of increase over the previous record

November 2015 was warmest November on record for the globe

NOAA reports: October 2015 was warmest October on record for the globe; year to date also record warm

July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded

NOAA: October 2014 was the warmest on record

2014 on track for hottest year ever

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

May 2014 the hottest May since 1880. Four of the five warmest Mays on record have occurred in the past five years

Despite the cold US weather, the global average temp is the 7th highest on record.