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9 July 2010
June 2010 Ties 2006 for 3rd Warmest on Record
The NASA GISS global temperature data was released tonight. It appears that June 2010 land and sea temps. were 5.9C above the 1951-1980 average. This means it ties for 3rd warmest. Only 2009 and 1998 were warmer. The USA temps. were the 8th warmest on the instrument record that dates to 1880. Land temperatures alone for June 2010 were tied with 1998 for the warmest on record. The Northern Hemisphere …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.