The latest report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms that October 2014 is the hottest month this year to date. At this rate, 2014 is on track to become the hottest year since records began being kept in 1880.

In October, the world's monthly global temperature rose 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit above the average 57.1 Fahrenheit in previous Octobers. Combined with average sea and land surface temperatures, October's average temperature caused the hottest month this year to date. 

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NOAA's National Climatic Data Center also reveals that the 12 month average temperature from November 2013 to September 2014 was the highest temperature on record.

NOAA also predicts there's a 60 percent chance of El Niño occurring before the end of this year. This phenomenon, however, will be weaker than last El Niño but could last until next spring.

May, June and August and September 2014 broke monthly global average temperatures records while January, March, April and July are the top warmest months on record.

October is the fifth warmest month for land surface temperature, which stood at 1.89 degrees Fahreheit above average. For ocean surface temperature, October was the warmest month on record. The month was 1.12 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average.

The Northern Hemisphere's combined land and sea surface global average temperatures was the third highest ever set while the Southern Hemisphere temperature is the warmest record to date, and the highest ever this year.

These alarming record breaking global temperatures can be blamed on ocean temperatures that surpassed the record breaking El Niño in 1998, said Professor Axel Timmermann from the International Pacific Research Center at the University of Hawaii.

Even if there's a relative slowdown of ocean warming from 2000 to 2013, Timmermann said greenhouse gas concentrations and weak North Pacific summer winds are the major causes of the oceans' rapidly rising surface temperatures.

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