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NOAA: Second Hottest May On Record Globally, Hottest For Northern Hemisphere


NOAA has released its “State of the Climate Global Analysis” for May 2012. Here are the highlights:

* The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for May 2012 was 0.66°C (1.19°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F). This is the second warmest May since records began in 1880, behind only 2010.

*The Northern Hemisphere land and ocean average surface temperature for May 2012 was the all-time warmest May on record, at 0.85°C (1.53°F) above average.

*The globally-averaged land surface temperature for May 2012 was the all-time warmest May on record, at 1.21°C (2.18°F) above average.



http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/5