May 2016 marks 13th consecutive month of record-setting global temperature

Source:  National Climatic Data Center

Related reading:
2016 on pace to be hottest year on record.  (CNN, 6/18/2016)

With May Record, Global Temps in ‘New Neighborhood’.  (Climate Central, 6/16/2016)

Other NOAA posts: 
12th consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures.  (6/4/2016)
11th consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures.  (4/27/3016)
Global and sea surface temperatures continue to set all-time records.  (3/18/2016)\
UPDATE: Climate change, Scott Walker, and short-term thinking. (2/16/2016)  On land and sea, November 2015 was warmest November globally since recordkeeping began.  (12/24/2015)
Monthly global temperature record broken for 6th month in a row.  (11/18/2015)
The world continues to set a record pace in its warm ways.  (10/28/2015)

Picture this: The hottest August on record globally.  (10/6/2015)

Globally, 2015 continues its record-breaking warm ways.  (8/24/2015)

Worldwide in April 2015, temperatures were above average.  (5/28/2015)

Record global heat continues.  (5/8/2015)

NOAA global temperature analysis: 2 months into 2015, we're experiencing the 2nd warmest year on record.  (3/18/2015)

It's a big (and warming) world out there: January 2015 is 2nd warmest since 1880.  (2/20/2015) 

2014 is the warmest year.  (1/18/2015)
As the world warms: NOAA global analysis for October 2014.  (11/26/2014)

The Global Window: Worldwide it was a record warm September.  (10/27/2014)

Worldwide it was a very warm June.  (7/23/2014)