Hot potato!

Across the world, air temperatures recorded during the month of July 2015 were the highest since record-keeping began in 1880, reported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The U.S. was spared what most of the globe experienced in July. While the month here was hotter than normal, no states reported setting July temperature records.

Averaged for all places on Earth, the record was 61.86 degrees, exceeding the previous hottest months of July 1998 and July 2010. Records fell in Austria, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom. In one Iranian city, NOAA said, the mercury on July 31 reached 115 degrees and combined with a dew point of 90 degrees to create a heat index of 165 degrees. 

NOAA added that July 2015 marked the 39th consecutive July — and 365th consecutive month — with a global temperature that was above average.