June was... well, the hottest everer

Here's what NOAA National Climate Center has to say about June 2015, succinctly:

"During June, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.58°F (0.88°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for June in the 1880–2015 record, surpassing the previous record set last year in 2014 by 0.22°F (0.12°C)."

Well, this makes sense.  The El Niño is making the sea surface temperatures in the Pacific VERY warm, and that generally means warm temperatures just about everywhere, but particularly in the Northern Hemisphere summer.   Put that El Niño influence on top of the ongoing warming trend (which indeed exists, though it could have been a little slower in the past few years as more heat went into the ocean and other secondary effects contributed), and you get a very warm month during what is so far a quite warm year.

I'm sure hoping the climate treaty talkers are paying attention to this.

In the percentile map below, notice especially the Pacific equatorial pattern (both sides, but particularly on the left).