August 2016 was the warmest in 136 years: NASA
The monthly global temperature analysis by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has shown that August 2016 was the hottest August in the last 136 years. Further, this year's August and July were reportedly the warmest months in the modern times. However, GISS Director Gavin Schmidt said long-term trends are of more importance as monthly temperature variations are fragile.