By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:01 PM GMT on June 19, 2015
May 2015 was Earth's warmest May since global record keeping began in 1880, said NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on Thursday. NASA rated May 2015 as the 2nd warmest May on record. May 2015's warmth makes the year-to-date period (January - May) the warmest such period on record, according to both NOAA and NASA, and it is likely that 2015 will be Earth's second consecutive warmest year on record. Five of the ten warmest months in recorded history have occurred in the past six months, according to NOAA:
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Global ocean temperatures during May 2015 were the warmest on record, and global land temperatures were tied for warmest on record.
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Click on the picture to see recent years. Scary!
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