June 2016 was nonetheless the second warmest June in the satellite temperature record, according to the press release from the University of Alabama Huntsville. June 2016 trailed June 1998 by 0.23 C, according to Dr. John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at UAH and may was the 13th month in a row to break temperature records according to figures published that are the latest in 2016s string of incredible climate records which scientists have described as a bombshell and an emergency.
An unusually powerful El Niño phenomenon helped increase global temperatures during the course of 2016. But this effect has now dissipated. The WMO concluded that the "underlying cause of global warming remains greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to human activities".