August temperature is the fourth highest in history

August 2012 is the fourth hotest period since 1880, when humankind began collecting data about the average temperature of the planet.

Livescience reports the US National Weather Data Center, saying that the average global temperature in August is 16.22 degrees Celsius - 1.12 degrees Celsius above the average temperature in the century. 20.

Last month the average temperature in most parts of the globe was higher than the average and reached a particularly high level in the US, eastern Canada, Central Europe, Southern Europe and east of Central Asia. The ice area in the Arctic also dropped to a record low in August of 4.1 million km2, surpassing the record in September 2007.

Last month was also the 330th month the global average temperature exceeded the average of the 20th century. The National Weather Center warns that the warm cycle of the ocean could continue in September causing temperature in Thailand. Binh Duong increased more than normal.