Studies claim that 2014 will be the hottest year recorded in the history of Earth The overall global average temperature for 2014 has been 59 degrees Fahrenheit so far. In 2013, it was 57 degrees. Besides the Wintery storms of Buffalo in New York, that sent the complete city under multiple inches of snow, 2014 will still be the hottest year of the history since 1880. The climate scientists said on November 20, that 2014 will no doubt be the hottest, however, they still don’t know by how much. One of the Earth’s coldest zones this year was the Eastern United States, which had temperatures as low as 2.7 degree Fahrenheit below the average. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists said this in the monthly climatic briefing today. However, these cold waves were nothing as compared to the heavy heat waves that flowed through Europe, Australia, India, and even some states of the US like California. Even the Oceans of the world were hot like never before. Almost every ocean basin and every major continent had areas and locations that suffered from excessive heat. Even if California has its record cold recorded this December, it did see the record warmth right before it. The oceans had experienced high ranking waves of heat for a straight sixth month this October. Last month also had records for the hottest land temperatures. Combining the average land and sea temperatures, the average worldwide was 58.43 degree Fahrenheit (i.e. 14.74 degree celcius) in October 2014. This topped the last October record by 0.02 degrees Fahrenheit, which was set in October 2003. In addition, the November 2013 till November 2014 was also a record warmest for a stretch of twelve months period since 1880. Now, that 2014 is only a month away, the planet is probably going to beat the warmest temperature records from history. People should start praying for a cold snap in the end of 2014 to have the earth miss these records this time. For that, North America and Russia might have to suffer a little. According to the NOAA scientists, the two giant warm pools in the Pacific Ocean helped the record-breaking temperatures in 2014. These west coast warm waters suggested a decade long natural pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). The PDO basically impacts the weather in the United States of America and Canada by shifting the jet streams. The jet streams determine the strength of rains and snow in these countries. Many scientists believe that the temperature hikes are due to the crossing of ultra violet rays through the ozone layer as a part of the great controversy called as global warming. If this is true, let us already expect that the years to come will be even hotter.
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