4th Warmest July Global Temperature, All-Time Warmest July Northern Hemisphere Land Temperature

The July 2012 global temperature analysis, posted this morning by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), shows that the combined land and ocean temperature was the 4th warmest on record. The Northern Hemisphere land temperature was the warmest on record for July. As was the case in May, all 12 of the Julys since 2001 have been in the top 14 warmest on record.

Highlights from the NCDC:

The average combined global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2012 was 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20th century average of 15.8°C (60.4°F). This is the fourth warmest July since records began in 1880.

The globally-averaged land surface temperature for July 2012 was the third warmest July on record, at 0.92°C (1.66°F) above average.

The Northern Hemisphere land surface temperature for July 2012 was the all-time warmest July on record, at 1.19°C (2.14°F) above average.

The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for January–July 2012 was the 10th warmest such period on record, at 0.53°C (0.95°F) above the 20th century average.