Ozzy, old boy, for your benefit, I will repeat my prediction of two years in the next five that exceed 1998 and 2005. When that happens, you who deny reality will have to come up with another bloody lie to cover your asses.
And June, 2009 was the second hottest june on record.
NCDC: Second hottest June on record and once El Nino really kicks in, expect global temperatures to threaten previous record highs « Climate Progress
NCDC: Second hottest June on record and once El Nino really kicks in, expect global temperatures to threaten previous record highs
July 16, 2009
Fast on the heels of the fourth warmest May on record, NOAAs National Climatic Data Center reports:
Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the second warmest on record for June, and the January-June year-to-date tied with 2004 as the fifth warmest on record.
NCDC notes that the ocean temperature was the warmest on record. In fact, it was a full 0.11°F warmer than the 2005 record. This is almost certainly the new El Niño on top of the long-term warming trend (see NOAA says El Niño arrives; Expected to Persist through Winter 2009-10″ and that means record temperatures are coming and this will be the hottest decade on record).
And no, I dont think the monthly data tell us much about the climate. But I know reporting it annoys the deniers. Also, the deniers have been touting the supposedly cool June temperatures over parts of this country (although the lower 48 in fact had the 49th warmest June on record, and Alaska had the 21st warmest). Across parts of Africa and most of Eurasia, however, temperatures were 3°C (5°F) or more above average. Such warming may be coming to the US later in the year. It typically takes several months for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) to impact global temperatures.