Global temperature, Aug 1942

Global anomaly−0.04°C1951–1980

Rank among all Augs73 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere−0.09°C

S. Hemisphere±0.00°C

vs same month last year−0.18°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)–

All months of 1942

Jan+0.29°C

Feb+0.02°C

Mar+0.05°C

Apr+0.09°C

May+0.11°C

Jun+0.04°C

Jul±0.00°C

Aug ◀−0.04°C

Sep−0.03°C

Oct+0.01°C

Nov+0.09°C

Dec+0.11°C

This month−0.04°C

Same month, previous year+0.14°C

Same month 10 years earlier−0.22°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.27°C

Aug average 1991–2020+0.58°C

Warmest Aug on record (2026)+1.40°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1932	−0.22°C	−0.08°C	−0.34°C	113
1933	−0.24°C	−0.15°C	−0.33°C	117
1934	−0.12°C	−0.11°C	−0.14°C	91
1935	−0.22°C	−0.07°C	−0.36°C	112
1936	−0.14°C	+0.01°C	−0.28°C	95
1937	+0.01°C	+0.15°C	−0.12°C	67
1938	−0.06°C	+0.07°C	−0.21°C	77
1939	−0.07°C	+0.07°C	−0.19°C	80
1940	+0.06°C	+0.06°C	+0.09°C	57
1941	+0.14°C	+0.18°C	+0.13°C	52
1942	−0.04°C	−0.09°C	±0.00°C	73
1943	±0.00°C	+0.10°C	−0.08°C	68
1944	+0.18°C	+0.17°C	+0.22°C	46
1945	+0.26°C	+0.29°C	+0.25°C	39
1946	−0.20°C	−0.10°C	−0.31°C	105
1947	−0.07°C	−0.04°C	−0.10°C	79
1948	−0.12°C	+0.03°C	−0.26°C	90
1949	−0.13°C	−0.05°C	−0.21°C	92
1950	−0.16°C	−0.20°C	−0.12°C	98
1951	+0.06°C	+0.22°C	−0.10°C	56
1952	+0.05°C	+0.07°C	+0.02°C	60

Rank 913 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.