Global temperature, Aug 1986

Global anomaly+0.16°C1951–1980

Rank among all Augs49 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.04°C

S. Hemisphere+0.27°C

vs same month last year−0.01°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)346.17 ppm

All months of 1986

Jan+0.26°C

Feb+0.37°C

Mar+0.30°C

Apr+0.22°C

May+0.21°C

Jun+0.12°C

Jul+0.11°C

Aug ◀+0.16°C

Sep+0.03°C

Oct+0.15°C

Nov+0.10°C

Dec+0.13°C

This month+0.16°C

Same month, previous year+0.17°C

Same month 10 years earlier−0.12°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.14°C

Aug average 1991–2020+0.58°C

Warmest Aug on record (2026)+1.40°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1976	−0.12°C	−0.21°C	−0.03°C	89
1977	+0.18°C	+0.02°C	+0.33°C	45
1978	−0.14°C	−0.14°C	−0.12°C	94
1979	+0.17°C	+0.04°C	+0.30°C	48
1980	+0.18°C	+0.09°C	+0.27°C	44
1981	+0.35°C	+0.16°C	+0.53°C	35
1982	+0.03°C	−0.07°C	+0.15°C	62
1983	+0.36°C	+0.25°C	+0.46°C	34
1984	+0.19°C	+0.05°C	+0.33°C	43
1985	+0.17°C	−0.02°C	+0.34°C	47
1986	+0.16°C	+0.04°C	+0.27°C	49
1987	+0.25°C	+0.27°C	+0.24°C	40
1988	+0.39°C	+0.26°C	+0.53°C	33
1989	+0.33°C	+0.26°C	+0.40°C	37
1990	+0.34°C	+0.41°C	+0.28°C	36
1991	+0.39°C	+0.35°C	+0.43°C	32
1992	+0.08°C	−0.07°C	+0.24°C	55
1993	+0.11°C	+0.02°C	+0.19°C	53
1994	+0.22°C	+0.32°C	+0.11°C	41
1995	+0.45°C	+0.54°C	+0.37°C	29
1996	+0.48°C	+0.18°C	+0.77°C	26

Rank 581 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.