{"id":22294,"date":"2021-08-16T22:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=22294"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:16:00","slug":"july-2021-was-the-warmest-july-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2021\/08\/july-2021-was-the-warmest-july-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2021 was the warmest July on record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to NOAA&#8217;s National Centers for Environmental Information, &#8220;The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=8dVHgYh7GDK85HGQJ1OkIj3357J9M6YD1lO8sGJA3OTzfCJ6TI9qVPTLknNFTbMDTclr3mdjvSYoP-2FcWgyu7tbE-2BVI5QC5PUY4GitGauORGwno0gh-2BvWh-2B11SWZ0QFqLLorP_k3wPWrBltqlbA-2FJQIBCL3PWL1YoUCD-2FDhLQQL6PUM0sg2jP-2F3-2B3rJuqN2xyrT4TBXwEd-2BsycrqZYYPvEOR53Vv4SATD-2BJfmKcO8FN4QvEeVgoEqjVIdOL4iqtNd0Pe4JyMn-2FFayQGEaQGg18RWavZD3QBKt-2BQIgJp-2BaR8ZjPOEpDhqKUtj9H70Aso9J2taT71bmKF0StG3LZwg4Nj-2FVts76dw0qhsojBPOJ0xykwYbKwvKds9Ps2-2BFuAxeHDxUDckXH1GtUT1uYWIrfarE0-2FtzNMsO0mojcvSMemr3Yu97Nrvhjc9xg54OyhQiPGwHZ7zomUbJf0Rh2w3TMj5ntqOvy8bT3I-2BTcG7deMMb985eUinlC6ZFRMSoIUPI0vEZVu\">July 2021 global surface temperature<\/a> was 1.67\u00b0F (0.93\u00b0C) above the 20th-century average of 60.4\u00b0F (15.8\u00b0C) \u2014 the highest for July in the 142-year record. This value was only 0.02\u00b0F (0.01\u00b0C) higher than the previous record set in 2016, and tied in 2019 and 2020. The seven warmest Julys have all occurred since 2015. July 2021 marked the 45th consecutive July and the 439th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news\/its-official-july-2021-was-earths-hottest-month-on-record\">https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news\/its-official-july-2021-was-earths-hottest-month-on-record<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2021\/08\/jul-21-global-temp-pct.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2021\/08\/jul-21-global-temp-pct.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2021\/08\/jul-21-global-temp-pct.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2021\/08\/jul-21-global-temp-pct-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2021\/08\/jul-21-global-temp-pct-768x311.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to NOAA&#8217;s National Centers for Environmental Information, &#8220;The July 2021 global surface temperature was 1.67\u00b0F (0.93\u00b0C) above the 20th-century average of 60.4\u00b0F (15.8\u00b0C) \u2014 the highest for July in the 142-year record. This value was only 0.02\u00b0F (0.01\u00b0C) higher than the previous record set in 2016, and tied in 2019 and 2020. The seven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":22295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-summaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22296,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22294\/revisions\/22296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}