If you aren't currently a quickly evaporating puddle on the floor, than congratulations! You've just survived the hottest Jun ever since records started being kept in 1880. That according to climate data released Monday from the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which found that the worldwide average temperature over land and sea in June 2014 was 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees.
The record was driven largely by warmer than normal ocean surfaces. Last month saw the highest temperatures on the water for any June on record, and the highest departure from the average for any single month ever. Average global land surface temperatures for June 2014 were also the seventh hottest June ever recorded.
The hot June was really just the runny icing on the dried-out cake that is 2014 so far. January 2014 from June 2014 tied 2002 as the third warmest first half of the year on record.
Of course, this data is averaged from across the entire planet, and climate change manifests itself differently in different locales. New Zealand, Central Africa, the United Kingdom and France were among the places that took the brunt of the heat. Alaska had its second wettest June since 1918; nationally the United States had our sixth-wettest June since 1895. Hurricanes Cristina and Amanda in eastern Pacific were among the earliest major Hurricanes on record in the region. Arctic sea ice extent was below average, while Antarctic sea ice extent was well above average.
Additionally, the annual "State of the Climate" report for 2013 is out this month from American Meteorological Society, and it compiles a must longer list of possible climate change impacts and mileposts observed last year, from warming Alaskan permafrost to the highest wind speeds ever observed in a tropical cyclone.
To jack in to my brain and get more on the latest in science, tech and innovation, follow me here on Forbes, as well as on
