NOAA: June is fourth month in a row of record global temperatures, first half of 2010 also on record pace - 10 warmest years on record all since 1995

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has posted its State of the Climate, Global Analysis for June.  The results confirm NASA's:   The first half of 2010 breaks the thermometer.

Here are some highlights and a fascinating chart comparing recent years:

June was the fourth consecutive month that was the warmest on record for the combined global land and surface temperatures (March, April, and May were also the warmest). This was the 304th consecutive month with a combined global land...