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NOAA data: 2026 tracking as second-warmest year on record globally

Climate scientist Zack Labe's NOAAGlobalTemp charts show January–August and summer 2026 land temperatures at their second-highest levels in over a century of records.

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What to know

  • NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0 data show January–August 2026 as the second-warmest such period on record since the dataset began in 1850.
  • June–July–August (summer) 2026 land temperature anomalies also rank second highest on record.
  • The findings come from NOAA's merged land-ocean surface temperature dataset, which uses an AI-based method to fill gaps in land surface air temperature data.

Zack Labe Climate scientistNOAA/NCEI Data provider

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    Summer 2026 land temperatures rank second highest on record — A new NOAAGlobalTemp-based animation covering 100 years of June–July–August land temperature anomalies shows 2026 as the second highest on record over land areas.

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    NOAA data show Jan–Aug 2026 as second warmest on record

    Using NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0 data, Labe reports that the average global temperature for the January–August period of 2026 is the second warmest since the dataset began.

    “The average global temperature so far this year (for the January-August period) is now up to the 2nd warmest on record since the start of this dataset...”
    — zacklabe.com
    • zacklabe.com

      Watch the changes in 100 years of changing June-July-August temperature anomalies over land areas through 2026 (second highest on record)... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0:

      zacklabe.comBluesky1d ago92▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    • zacklabe.com

      The average global temperature so far this year (for the January-August period) is now up to the 2nd warmest on record since the start of this dataset... This data is using NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0:

      zacklabe.comBluesky4d ago63▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Labe posts 100-year animation of January–August land anomalies

    Zack Labe shares a NOAAGlobalTemp-based animation showing the trend in average January–August land temperature anomalies over the past century through 2026.

    “Watch the changes in 100 years of average January-August temperature anomalies over land areas through 2026...”
    — ZLabe@fediscience.org, Climate scientist · source
    • ZLabe@fediscience.org

      Watch the changes in 100 years of average January-August temperature anomalies over land areas through 2026... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0: https://www. ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-ba sed-station/noaa-global-temp

      ZLabe@fediscience.orgMastodon7d ago9▲view on Mastodon ↗

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