--- title: June Was Hottest on Record, NOAA Says description: According to the NOAA, 2014 had the hottest June on record canonical: https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-22T13:20:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:35.625Z article:section: Science og:title: June Was Hottest on Record, NOAA Says og:description: May was the hottest on record, too og:url: https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0a59845397e9c40/69869c98adae4471a85443ca/452279224.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Temperatures Soar To Highest Of The Year og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: June Was Hottest on Record, NOAA Says twitter:description: May was the hottest on record, too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0a59845397e9c40/69869c98adae4471a85443ca/452279224.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # June Was Hottest on Record, NOAA Says ## Video: White House Climate Change Report Explained [Watch (HLS stream): White House Climate Change Report Explained](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D0HaUqUJ.m3u8) (2:09)  _Published 2014-05-06. A new report on climate change forecasts a grim future for the U.S. if global warming continues._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 22, 2014 1:20 PM UTC  A giant plastic ice cream cone glints in the sun on the South Beach A giant plastic ice cream cone glints in the sun on the South BeachPeter Macdiarmid — Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 22, 2014 1:20 PM UTC Not only did [2014 boast the hottest May on record](http://time.com/2917053/may-hot-temperature-noaa/), but [new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/6) says that the global population experienced its hottest June ever, too. Well, at least this summer is keeping things consistent. According to the NOAA, the combined average temperatures of land and ocean surfaces was 1.30°F above the 20th century average of 59.9°F. If only looking at land surface temperature, though, it was only the seventh highest June on record. Anomalies are now becoming less of an anomaly as nine of the ten warmest Junes recorded occurred in the 21st century, including every June in the last five years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/"},"headline":"June Was Hottest on Record, NOAA Says","datePublished":"2014-07-22T13:20:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:35.625Z","description":"May was the hottest on record, too","url":"https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/","keywords":["climate","weather","Environment","NOAA","temperature"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0a59845397e9c40/69869c98adae4471a85443ca/452279224.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0a59845397e9c40/69869c98adae4471a85443ca/452279224.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Temperatures Soar To Highest Of The Year","caption":"Temperatures Soar To Highest Of The Year","creditText":"Peter Macdiarmid — Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/climate/","name":"climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/","name":"June Was Hottest on Record, NOAA Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"White House Climate Change Report Explained","description":"A new report on climate change forecasts a grim future for the U.S. if global warming continues.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/D0HaUqUJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-06T16:23:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D0HaUqUJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/","duration":"PT2M9S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3018344/june-was-hottest-on-record-noaa-says/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```