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.
Contiguous U.S. had eighth wettest and 15th warmest summer The average temperature for the contiguous United States during the summer season (June-August) was 72.6°F, 1.2°F above the 20th-century average, say NOAA scientists. The average August temperature was 73.1°F; it was the 28th warmest August on record for the Lower 48. Alaska also had its second warmest summer.
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