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The month's combined global land and ocean temperature was 0.70 degrees C (1.26 degrees F) warmer than the average temperature from the baseline period 1951-1980.
Climatologist Gavin Schmidt, Director of GISS, stated to Huffington Post and Weather.com that it was important not to stress a particular month's temperature anomaly, noting that August 2014's data was statistically similar to other years' including 2011 and 2008; rather, he said, it is the long-term trend of warming that is important to note.
In January, NASA scientists emphasized this trend, stating that the 10 warmest years in the 134-year record all have occurred since 2000.
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The month's combined global land and ocean temperature was 0.70 degrees C (1.26 degrees F) warmer than the average temperature from the baseline period 1951-1980.
Climatologist Gavin Schmidt, Director of GISS, stated to Huffington Post and Weather.com that it was important not to stress a particular month's temperature anomaly, noting that August 2014's data was statistically similar to other years' including 2011 and 2008; rather, he said, it is the long-term trend of warming that is important to note.
In January, NASA scientists emphasized this trend, stating that the 10 warmest years in the 134-year record all have occurred since 2000.
The month's combined global land and ocean temperature was 0.70 degrees C (1.26 degrees F) warmer than the average temperature from the baseline period 1951-1980.
Climatologist Gavin Schmidt, Director of GISS, stated to Huffington Post and Weather.com that it was important not to stress a particular month's temperature anomaly, noting that August 2014's data was statistically similar to other years' including 2011 and 2008; rather, he said, it is the long-term trend of warming that is important to note.
In January, NASA scientists emphasized this trend, stating that the 10 warmest years in the 134-year record all have occurred since 2000.