Earth's land areas had warmest summer on record

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September 15, 2010

The Earth's land areas sizzled to their warmest summer ever recorded, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Climatic Data Center.

The summer of 2010 surpassed the previous warmest summer on record for the Earth's land areas, which was 1998.

For the year-to-date period (January-August), the Earth is enduring its warmest year since records began.

Climatologists define summer as the months of June, July and August. The climate center is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Global temperature data go back to 1880.

Warmer-than-average temperatures were present this summer across most of the world's land surface, according to the data center. The warmest anomalies were seen in eastern Europe, the eastern half of the contiguous USA, parts of eastern Canada and eastern Asia.

Western Russia had a phenomenally warm summer. In Moscow, July had its warmest month in 130 years. Readings consistently reached above 100 degrees….”

See:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/09/warmest-year-on-record-warmest-summer-land-areas/1


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