This visualization shows global temperature anomalies for June of 2019, indicating how much warmer (red) or colder (blue) it is than normal for each particular place and time. ("Normal" in this data set refers to average surface temperature over the 30-year period from 1951-1980 for each place and time of year.) Globally, June 2019's average land and ocean temperature was the highest for that month since records began in 1880, though the United States saw mostly normal average temperatures.