WASHINGTON: Last month was the hottest since record keeping began in 1880, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in its monthly report.

The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for August 2015 was 0.88 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average of 15.6 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous record set in 2014 by 0.09 degrees Celsius, according to the NOAA report released this week.

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