THUNDER BAY – CLIMATE – Although global temperatures fell rapidly from May to June as the El Niño Pacific Ocean warming event fades, June 2016 was nonetheless the second warmest June in the satellite temperature record, trailing June 1998 by 0.23 C, according to Dr. John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Compared to seasonal norms, however, June 2016 was the 30th warmest month overall since the satellite temperature dataset began in December 1978.
June 2016 also was the second warmest on record in the Northern Hemisphere (0.51 C compared to June 1998 at 0.60 C above seasonal norms), but the eighth warmest June in the Southern Hemisphere and, despite the El Niño remnants, only the sixth warmest June in the tropics.
Global Temperature Report: June 2016
June 2016 was 2nd warmest June in satellite record
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.12 C per decade
June temperatures (preliminary)
Global composite temp.: +0.34 C (about 0.61 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for June.
Northern Hemisphere: +0.51 C (about 0.92 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for June.
Southern Hemisphere: +0.17 C (about 0.79 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for June.
Tropics: +.38 C (about 0.68 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for June.
May temperatures (revised):
Global Composite: +0.55 C above 30-year average
Northern Hemisphere: +0.65 C above 30-year average
Southern Hemisphere: +0.44 C above 30-year average
Tropics: +0.72 C above 30-year average
(All temperature anomalies are based on a 30-year average (1981-2010) for the month reported.)
Compared to seasonal norms, the warmest average temperature anomaly on Earth in June was in the eastern Antarctic, south of the Zhongshan station. June temperatures there averaged 4.24 C (about 7.63 degrees F) warmer than seasonal norms. Compared to seasonal norms, the coolest average temperature on Earth in June was in northeastern Russia, near the town of Vayegi, where the average June 2016 temperature was 3.40 C (about 6.12 degrees F) cooler than normal for June.
