Epress.am News from Armenia
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record at 61.6°F (16.5°C), behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record, according to an August 13 report on the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official website.
The global average land surface temperature for July was 1.85°F (1.03°C) above the 20th century average of 57.8°F (14.3°C) — making this the warmest July on record.
The global ocean surface temperature for July was the fifth warmest, and for January–July 2010 was the second warmest on record, behind 1998.
On July 30, Moscow set a new all-time temperature record when temperatures reached 102°F (39°C), exceeding the previous record of 99.0°F (37.2°C) set four days earlier. Before 2010, the highest maximum temperature recorded in Moscow was 98.2°F (38.8°C), set nine decades ago.
Warmer-than-average conditions dominated land areas of the globe. According to NOAA, the scorching heat, floods and fires that were recorded this summer are undeniably connected with global warming.