Global temperature, Jul 1978

Global anomaly+0.04°C1951–1980

Rank among all Juls58 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere−0.07°C

S. Hemisphere+0.15°C

vs same month last year−0.16°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)336.50 ppm

All months of 1978

Jan+0.06°C

Feb+0.10°C

Mar+0.19°C

Apr+0.17°C

May+0.09°C

Jun−0.01°C

Jul ◀+0.04°C

Aug−0.14°C

Sep+0.06°C

Oct+0.03°C

Nov+0.13°C

Dec+0.08°C

This month+0.04°C

Same month, previous year+0.20°C

Same month 10 years earlier−0.13°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.20°C

Jul average 1991–2020+0.57°C

Warmest Jul on record (2026)+1.25°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1968	−0.13°C	−0.08°C	−0.17°C	96
1969	−0.04°C	+0.06°C	−0.13°C	76
1970	+0.02°C	−0.04°C	+0.08°C	62
1971	−0.07°C	−0.13°C	−0.02°C	83
1972	+0.01°C	−0.05°C	+0.09°C	66
1973	+0.13°C	+0.04°C	+0.22°C	48
1974	−0.03°C	−0.13°C	+0.06°C	73
1975	−0.01°C	−0.06°C	+0.05°C	71
1976	−0.10°C	−0.27°C	+0.07°C	88
1977	+0.20°C	+0.08°C	+0.32°C	43
1978	+0.04°C	−0.07°C	+0.15°C	58
1979	+0.04°C	+0.05°C	+0.03°C	57
1980	+0.22°C	+0.13°C	+0.30°C	41
1981	+0.33°C	+0.09°C	+0.55°C	37
1982	+0.14°C	+0.04°C	+0.25°C	47
1983	+0.18°C	+0.20°C	+0.18°C	45
1984	+0.19°C	+0.08°C	+0.30°C	44
1985	+0.04°C	−0.08°C	+0.16°C	56
1986	+0.11°C	−0.02°C	+0.25°C	50
1987	+0.40°C	+0.25°C	+0.56°C	30
1988	+0.33°C	+0.42°C	+0.25°C	36

Rank 765 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.