July 2016 was world's hottest month on record: NASA
July 2016 broke the absolute record for the hottest month since records began in 1880, according to the latest data released by NASA. The past nine months have set temperature records for their respective months. July 2016 was 0.84°C hotter than the 1951 to 1980 average for July, and 0.11°C hotter than the previous record set in July 2015.