NOAA: August 2012 global temperature update
The average global temperature for August 2012 made it the fourth-warmest August since record keeping began in 1880.
The average global temperature for August 2012 made it the fourth-warmest August since record keeping began in 1880.
NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center say the amount is the smallest size ever observed in the three decades since consistent satellite observations of the polar cap began.