August's warmth spread into September, contributing to the warmest year to date for the globe, but not enough to continue the recent 16-month streak of record warmth. Even so, September 2016 ranked as the second warmest September on record.September was 1.60 degrees F above the 20th-century average, missing last year's record for the month by just 0:07 degrees, According to scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
For the year to date, the average global temperature was 1.78 degrees F above average, surpassing the heat record set in 2015 by 12:23 degrees.More notable findings around the world include:
The globally averaged sea surface temperature tied with 2014 as the second warmest on record for September and warmest on record for the year to date (January-September);
The globally averaged land surface temperature was a record high for September and the year to date);
Record-warm continents: Europe and Asia had Reviews their warmest September; Africa had its second; and North America had its third;
The average Arctic sea ice extent for September was 27.8 percent below the 1981-2010 average. This was the fifth smallest extents September since records Began in 1979; and
The average Antarctic sea ice extent for September was 2.0 percent below the 1981-2010 average, the fifth smallest on record for the month.
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