World temperatures reach new heights for May, first 5 months
May was 1.57 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average, according to the center in Asheville, North Carolina
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Boston: The world posted the highest May temperatures ever in records going back to 1880, marking the warmest first five months of any year, the US National Climatic Data Center said.
May was 1.57 degrees (0.9 Celsius) Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average, according to the center in Asheville, North Carolina.
Worldwide, combined land and sea temperatures were 1.53 degrees higher from January to May. Currently, the Pacific is in the midst of an El Nino, a warming of its surface, and the water is about 3.6 degrees above normal in the eastern end of the basin.
There is an 80% chance the El Nino will persist through the first three months of 2016.
For the US, the outlook for July through September is for above-average temperatures along the Eastern Seaboard and the far West, and for above-average precipitation from central Texas to eastern Nevada and western Illinois. Bloomberg
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