For the ocean, the August global sea surface temperature was 0.65°C (1.17°F) above the 20th century average of 16.4°C (61.4°F). This record high departure from average not only beats the previous August record set in 2005 by 0.08°C (0.14°F), but also beats the previous all-time record set just two months ago in June 2014 by 0.03°C (0.05°F).
Global Analysis – August 2014 | State of the Climate | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
Complete bullshit. The oceans were much warmer in August 1998.
More of the southern oceans were below normal than were above normal in August, 2014.
















