Planet's
Ocean Surface Temperature Breaks Record for July
Global warming continues on land as well as at sea. The combined global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2009 was the fifth warmest on record, at 1.03 degrees Fahrenheit (0.57 degree Celsius) above the 20th century average of 60.4 degrees F (15.8 degrees C).
The global ocean surface temperature for July 2009 hit a record high - 1.06 degrees F (0.59 degree C) above the 20th century average of 61.5 degrees F (16.4 degrees C).
It was the second record month in a row for ocean warming. The July ocean surface temperature departure of 1.06 degrees F from the long-term average equals the ocean surface temperature in June 2009, which was also a record.
On land, the global land surface temperature for July 2009 was 0.92 degree F (0.51 degree C) above the 20th century average of 57.8 degrees F (14.3 degree C), and tied with 2003 as the ninth-warmest July on record.
The
warm El Nino ocean surface temperature pattern persisted across the equatorial
Large
portions of many continents had substantially warmer than average temperatures
during July 2009, the NOAA analysis shows. The greatest departures from the
long-term average were evident in Europe, northern Africa, and much of western
Broadly, across these regions, temperatures were about 4-7 degrees F (2-4 degrees C) above average.
Cooler-than-average
conditions prevailed across southern South America, central
The
most notably cool conditions occurred across the eastern
Up
north, Arctic sea ice covered an average of 3.4 million square miles during
July, the
Down near the South Pole, Antarctic sea ice extent in July was 1.5 percent above the 1979-2000 average.
July Arctic sea ice extent has decreased by 6.1 percent per decade since 1979, while July Antarctic sea ice extent has increased by 0.8 percent per decade over the same period.
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