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The global temperature anomaly map shows most of the world was warmer than normal in August 2016.

(NASA)

The world temperature data is in for August 2016, and it's another hottest month ever. In fact August 2016 was the second month in a row the globe baked in the hottest average temperature.

NASA reports August 2016 tied July 2016 for the hottest month on record, coming in 0.29degF warmer than the previous warmest August in 2014.

0.29degF may not sound like a big difference from the past warmest August, but you have to remember that temperature is a world-wide average.

Average temperature each month since the 1880s. Notice the top temperature line is from 2016, putting this year on track to again be the warmest ever.

Another interesting note is August is normally a touch cooler worldwide than July, but that's not the case this year. Notice the graph above. The last two months really stick out with record warmth.

August 2016 marks 11 months in a row of record warm monthly temperatures.

The warming trend appears visually over the years too.

The animation above shows clearly how the earth has warmed. The lines in the animation are temperature deviation from the global annual average temperature. So winter months will be colder than the yearly average and summer will be warmer. But the trend definitely shows recent years much warmer than earlier years.

The modern global temperature record begins around 1880 because previous observations didn't cover enough of the planet, according to NASA.