The First Nine Months of 2019 Were the Second Hottest on Record

(Bloomberg) -- The evidence keeps piling up: 2019 has been one hot year.

September tied 2015 as the warmest on record, helping make the first nine months of this year into the second hottest in data going back to 1880, the National Centers for Environmental Information, in Asheville, North Carolina, said in a statement. The hottest initial nine months came in 2016.

Combined land and ocean temperatures globally last month reached 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit (.95 Celsius) above the 20th century average of 59 degrees, according to the statement.

Some of the world’s most northern landscapes saw the largest departure from average, including Alaska, Russia, Canada and the Bering Sea, where readings were at least 3.6 degrees higher than normal.

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