 May 2016 was hottest May on record: NASA
According to NASA data, May 2016 was the hottest May ever on record. January, February, March and April 2016 were also recorded as the hottest respective months in over 130 years. Last month, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies chief Gavin Schmidt had said there is an over 99% chance that 2016 will beat 2015 as the hottest year ever.