NASA released their global average temperature statistics for August 2016 and found that August was the warmest August in 136 years of global record-keeping. August also tied July 2016 for the warmest all-time month, which is somewhat surprising since usually August is cooler than July as the sun’s energy starts to wane. You can read NASA’s story at https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2490/nasa-analysis-finds-august-2016-another-record-month/ or a related story at Climate Central here.
