Recently the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released September’s global temperature data which happens to be 0.04°C below than September 2015’s record. This makes September 2016 the second-warmest on record.
This marginal dip in temperature ends the 16 consecutive record-setting hot months in NOAA's dataset. The end of record-setting months means 15 continuous months of unusually hot record months that have occurred since March 2015.
March 2016 has to be the hottest month which also tops the list with a global temperature of 1.23°C above the 20th century average. Even though September 2016 is the second warmest September on record, it’s still on the list standing at 11th position with temperatures 0.89°C above average.
One creepy fact here is the planet hasn’t had a cooler-than-normal month in 381 months that is nearly 32 years. The global average temperature is a clear display that climate change is real and each month on record is a proof that we need to curb our ill habits quickly. The main reason for such an increased temperature is the carbon pollution caused by humans.
With everything set aside, NOAA expects that 2016 will be the hottest calendar year on record in the last 132 years. Even if the next three months are merely equivalent to the 21st century average temperature 2016 would still beat 2015 for the hottest year on record.
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