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RIVERS OF ICE: Panoramic view of West Rongbuk Glacier and Mount Everest, taken in 1921 (top) by Major E.O. Wheeler and in 2009 (bottom) by David Breashears. (Photo courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society)

From Climate Progress and NOAA

NOAA: June is fourth month in a row of record HIGH Global Temperatures

10 warmest years on record all since 1995

NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has posted its State of the Climate, Global Analysis for June.  The results confirm NASA’s:   The first half of 2010 breaks the thermometer.

Here are some highlights:

June was the fourth consecutive month that was the warmest on record for the combined global land and surface temperatures (March, April, and May were also the warmest). This was the 304th consecutive month with a combined global land and surface temperature above the 20th century average. The last month with below average temperatures was February 1985.
It was the warmest June on record for the land surfaces of the globe. Previous record was set in 2005. The land surface temperature exceeded the previous record by 0.11?C (0.20?F). This large difference over land contributed strongly to the overall global land and ocean temperature anomaly….
The year-to-date (January-June) combined global land and ocean temperature was the warmest on record…..
2010 surpassed 1998 (Feb, Jul, Aug) for the most “warmest months” in any calendar year….
Each of the 10 warmest average global temperatures recorded since 1880 have occurred in the last fifteen years. The warmest year-to-date on record, through June, was 1998, and 2010 is warmer so far (note: although 1998 was the warmest year through June, a late-year warm surge in 2005 made that year the warmest total year)

The temperatures will keep rising until something is done. t’s time for a climate and energy bill!