Global temperatures got another kick along last month, with September easily the hottest in records going back to 1891, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

According to preliminary data for the month, average sea and land surface temperatures in September were 0.5 degrees above the 1981-2010 average.

Last month was the latest in a series of record hot months globally. Credit:Leigh Henningham

That compared with the previous record set only a year earlier, with an anomaly of 0.35 degrees.