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Mon 08 Aug 20102010 on course to be world's hottest since records began
THIS YEAR looks set to become the hottest year on record worldwide, following confirmation that global average temperatures for the first seven months of 2010 were the warmest since records began in 1880.
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which gathers meteorological data worldwide, last month was the second warmest July on record (after 1998) with an average temperature of 16.5 degrees over land and oceans.
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