Global August temperature ties for fourth highest on record; global ocean temperature ties for record highest
The globally-averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for August 2013 tied with 2005 as the fourth warmest August since record keeping began in 1880, say NOAA scientists. It also marked the 35th consecutive August and 342nd consecutive month (more than 28 years) with a global temperature above the 20th-century average. The last below-average August global temperature was August 1978.