{"id":323853,"date":"2021-08-14T02:53:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T23:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/july-was-hottest-month-on-record-noaa-says\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T02:53:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T23:53:52","slug":"july-was-hottest-month-on-record-noaa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/july-was-hottest-month-on-record-noaa-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#July was hottest month on record, NOAA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#July was hottest month on record, NOAA says<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced.<\/p>\n<p>As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe averaged 62.07 degrees (16.73 degrees Celsius) last month, beating out the previous record set in July 2016 and tied again in 2019 and 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday. The margin was just .02 degrees (.01 Celsius),<\/p>\n<p>The last seven Julys, from 2015 to 2021, have been the hottest seven Julys on record, said NOAA climatologist Ahira Sanchez-Lugo. Last month was 1.67 degrees (0.93 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average for the month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case first place is the worst place to be,\u201d NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said in a press release. \u201cThis new record adds to the disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is climate change,\u201d said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann. \u201cIt is an exclamation mark on a summer of unprecedented heat, drought, wildfires and flooding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a prestigious United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> panel warned of worsening climate change caused by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas and other human activity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Drought.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Paul &quot;Paco&quot; Ollerton and his dog, Aggie, look toward the canal system that delivers Colorado River water to his farm near Casa Grande, Ariz., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-19127379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Drought.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Drought.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Drought.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Farmer Paul \u201cPaco\u201d Ollerton deals with a drought affecting the Colorado River water supply to his farm near Casa Grande, Arizona on July 20, 2021.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Felicia Fonseca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Warming on land in western North America and in parts of Europe and Asia really drove the record-setting heat, Sanchez-Lugo said. While the worldwide temperature was barely higher than the record, what shattered it was land temperature over the Northern Hemisphere, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Hemisphere temperatures were a third of a degree (.19 degrees Celsius) higher than the previous record set in July 2012, which for temperature records is \u201ca wide margin,\u201d Sanchez-Lugo said.<\/p>\n<p>July is the hottest month of the year for the globe, so this is also the hottest month on record.<\/p>\n<p>One factor helping the world bake this summer is a natural weather cycle called the Arctic Oscillation, sort of a cousin to El Nino, which in its positive phase is associated with more warming, the NOAA climatologist said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Firefighters continue to extinguish a raging wildfire near Neochori village in Peloponnese, Greece on August 11, 2021.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-19127389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Firefighters continue to extinguish a raging wildfire near Neochori village in Peloponnese, Greece on August 11, 2021.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even with a scorching July and a nasty June, this year so far is only the sixth warmest on record. That\u2019s mostly because 2021 started cooler than recent years due to a La Nina cooling of the central Pacific that often reduces the global temperature average, Sanchez-Lugo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne month by itself does not say much, but that this was a La Nina year and we still had the warmest temperatures on record \u2026 fits with the pattern of what we have been seeing for most of the last decade now,\u201d said University of Illinois meteorology professor Donald Wuebbles.<\/p>\n<p>While the world set a record in July, the United States only tied for its 13th hottest July on record. Even though California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington had their hottest Julys, slightly cooler than normal months in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire kept the nation from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching record heat levels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Fire fighters from France extinguish a fire that approaches Neochori Gortynias, at village's cemetery, in Peloponnese, Greece on August 12, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19127414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/greece-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Climate scientists fear wildfires will only spread amid record-setting temperatures from global warming.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The last time the globe had a July cooler than the 20th century average was in 1976, which was also the last year the globe was cooler than that normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you\u2019re younger than 45 you haven\u2019t seen a year (or July) where the mean temperature of the planet was cooler than the 20th century average,\u201d said Princeton University climate scientist Gabriel Vecchi.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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