August Temperatures, Brought to You by NASA GISS

August temperature anomalies from GISS are the highest in four months:

Global: 3rd-highest for the month of August, after 2024 and 2023

Northern Hemisphere: 3rd-highest after 2023 and 2024

Southern Hemisphere: 2nd-highest after 2024

Land-only: 2nd-highest after 2024.

The Southern Hemisphere could see a record high this year: the record was last year's 0.91°C, whereas through August its record is 0.90°C.

IRI says a La Nina is expected to develop this fall. What's going on with ENSO? It seems especially agitated lately.