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* July 2023 set a record for the highest monthly sea surface temperature anomaly (+1.78°F or +0.99°C) of any month in NOAA’s 174-year record.

1850 - 2023

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-gla...

1936 was below the long term average, 1937 was above ... but still much cooler than 2023.