NOAA Confirms July 2019 was Hottest Month Since Records Began in 1880. Nine of the 10 warmest Julys have occurred since 2005, with the last five years (2015-2019) being the five warmest Julys on record. July 1998 is the only value from the previous century among the 10 warmest Julys on record. Download NOAA and NASA climate activity worksheets with interactive tools, resources for satellites view real-time datasets in an immersive, 3D visualization for desktop, watch 360 videos of earth and space.
July 2019 Temperature
- July 2019 also marks the 43rd consecutive July and the 415th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th century average.
- Climatologically, July is the globe’s warmest month of the year. With July 2019 being the warmest July on record, at least nominally, this resulted in the warmest month on record for the globe.
- Record warm July temperatures were present across parts of North America, southern Asia, southern Africa, the northern Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as across the western and northern parts of the Pacific Ocean. No land or ocean areas had record cold July temperatures.
Global sea level rise is accelerating incrementally over time rather than increasing at a steady rate, as previously thought, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.
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Scientific Consensus: Earth's Climate is Warming
Temperature data showing rapid warming in the past few decades, the latest data going up to 2018. According to NASA data, 2016 was the warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. The 10 warmest years in the 139-year record all have occurred since 2005, with the five warmest years being the five most recent years. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory.
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