Global temperature, Aug 1961

Global anomaly+0.01°C1951–1980

Rank among all Augs66 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.05°C

S. Hemisphere−0.04°C

vs same month last year−0.01°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)316.79 ppm

All months of 1961

Jan+0.07°C

Feb+0.19°C

Mar+0.09°C

Apr+0.13°C

May+0.12°C

Jun+0.11°C

Jul+0.01°C

Aug ◀+0.01°C

Sep+0.08°C

Oct±0.00°C

Nov+0.03°C

Dec−0.16°C

This month+0.01°C

Same month, previous year+0.02°C

Same month 10 years earlier+0.06°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.44°C

Aug average 1991–2020+0.58°C

Warmest Aug on record (2026)+1.40°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1951	+0.06°C	+0.22°C	−0.10°C	56
1952	+0.05°C	+0.07°C	+0.02°C	60
1953	+0.05°C	+0.18°C	−0.07°C	59
1954	−0.17°C	−0.01°C	−0.34°C	101
1955	+0.02°C	+0.07°C	−0.05°C	64
1956	−0.25°C	−0.28°C	−0.24°C	120
1957	+0.15°C	+0.16°C	+0.14°C	51
1958	−0.05°C	+0.13°C	−0.22°C	76
1959	−0.01°C	+0.10°C	−0.11°C	71
1960	+0.02°C	+0.11°C	−0.07°C	63
1961	+0.01°C	+0.05°C	−0.04°C	66
1962	−0.01°C	+0.03°C	−0.05°C	70
1963	+0.22°C	+0.14°C	+0.30°C	42
1964	−0.22°C	−0.23°C	−0.21°C	111
1965	−0.04°C	−0.20°C	+0.12°C	72
1966	−0.09°C	+0.14°C	−0.30°C	83
1967	+0.01°C	+0.06°C	−0.05°C	65
1968	−0.08°C	−0.08°C	−0.09°C	81
1969	+0.04°C	+0.05°C	+0.04°C	61
1970	−0.10°C	−0.05°C	−0.15°C	86
1971	−0.01°C	−0.16°C	+0.14°C	69

Rank 823 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.