June, the hottest of the last centuries ...

June, the hottest in recent centuries ...

07/08/2015

In the northern hemisphere they are in summer while in the southern one they are in winter, however for more than a century the temperatures of both have been measured and averaged by establishing universal parameters of climatic behavior.

These numbers seem to have been modified especially the semester that ends, because these have been the warmest six months of the last century and June the month in which the highest temperatures in measurable history were recorded.

Temperatures in certain areas of the world are measured from 1880 and these contrasted and averaged figures indicate the current alarming rates.

During June, the global average temperature across land and ocean surfaces was 1,58 ° F (0,88 ° C) above the total average of the 20th century.

This June was the highest for the period from 1880 to 2015, exceeding the record set last year at 2014 by 0,22 ° F (0,12 ° C).

On the other hand, the average temperature of the earth's surface worldwide in the month of June was 2,27 ° F (1,26 ° C) above the average of the last century. This was the highest for June in the 1880 - 2015 file, exceeding the previous record set in 2012 by 0,11 ° C (0,06 ° C), in the case of the earth's temperature.

In the case of sea surface temperature worldwide, the June average was 1,33 ° F (0,74 ° C) above the average of the 20th century. This was the highest for June in the period between 1880 and 2015, exceeding the record set last year in 2014 by 0,11 ° F (0,06 ° C).

In summary, the combined average temperature between global land and ocean surfaces of June 2015 was the highest in the period of 136 years of registration.

reportajes_04082015 June also marks the fourth month of this year that has broken its monthly temperature record, in addition to February, March and May. The other months of 2015 were not far behind: January was the second warmest for its respective month and April was the third warmest. These six warm months combined with the previous six months for the July 2014 period to June 2015 make up the warmest annual period in the last 136 years.

The average temperature of the planet has increased by only 0,85 ° C since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. If the world warms by more than 2 degrees above the pre-industrial level, man-made climate change could lead to 40% of torrential rains and cold and snow waves, and 96% of extreme heat waves .

The probability of extreme daily heat in a world with 2 ° C warming is twice that of a world with warmer 1.5 ° C, and 5 times greater than in current conditions.

It is estimated that in Chile the continental temperature will increase between 2 ° C and 4 ° C.

This increase will be more noticeable in the Andean sectors and will decrease from north to south. Seasonally, the temperature increase will be greater in summer, exceeding 5 ° C in sectors of the Andes Mountains. This will have the effect of reducing the ability to accumulate snow in the Andean area, causing an increase in winter floods of the rivers, especially in the mountain range between latitude 30 ° and 40 ° South between the IV and XIV region, corresponding to the area with the highest agricultural productivity.

Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA and World Bank