It’s sad that a story so serious has become so routine. Last month was the hottest July ever recorded, just like the month before, and the month before that, and so on, and so on. Only this time there was an even greater distinction: It may turn out to be the hottest single month ever recorded.
According to the data released by NASA, the global average surface temperatures in July were 0.84 degrees Celsius, or 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1950-1980 global average. It is about 0.18 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the previous record of July 2011 and July 2015.
July 2016 is the tenth moths in a row to have record hot since the streak began last October 2015. … It is widely accepted that July is the hottest month in a year because it's summer in northern hemisphere, which has more land area than the southern hemisphere. Researchers at NASA believe that 2016 is on its way to kick 2015 out of the seat of the hottest year on record.
But who knows? Maybe August can edge July out as the hottest month ever recorded by modern humans on planet Earth! Either way, unless we hit some kind of near freezing streak of record cold weather that’s global in scope, 2016 is probably going to end up being the hottest year in the NASA global temperature record. So much for that global cooling myth.