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The near-record hot 2020 continued through September, with the month being the hottest since 1880.

The September 2020 surface and ocean average temperatures hit 60.75 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest in the 141-year record. The previous record of 60.71 degrees was set in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, this year’s September global temperature record was 1.75 degrees above the 20^th century average. The 10 warmest Septembers on record have occurred since 2005 with seven of them occurring in the past seven years.

September was a very warm month globally, with Europe reporting its warmest September on record, with an average temperature that exceeded its long-term average by more than four degrees. South America, Asia and the Oceania region had its second warmest September on record.

Only a few spots had cooler than average September. These locations included: Greenland and its surrounding Atlantic Ocean, eastern Canada, the eastern U.S., the tropical eastern and central Pacific Ocean and a few spots of the southern Indian Ocean and central Asia. The cooler tropical eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean is due to the development of La Nina.

Continuing the hot trend, the year-to-date global temperature trend is the second highest on record. The only year that was hotter at this point was 2016. The first nine months of 2020 ties the record 2016 period for the warmest in the Northern Hemisphere with Europe, Asia, and the Gulf of Mexico having their hottest first nine months of the year. The Southern Hemisphere Oceans are having cooler than normal temperatures for the year’s first nine months.

The global temperature data is collected and analyzed by scientists at the government’s National Centers for Environmental Information(NCEI), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A NCEI statistical analysis shows that 2020 will likely rank as one of the three warmest on record.

Source: National Centers for Environment Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Scientists: Hottest September on Record