It's a warm, warm world and June was the hottest June since 1880.

And May was almost as hot, reported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

NOAA said the hottest June ever recorded was the second consecutive record-breaking hottest month.

In June, global temperatures were 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th Century average of 59.9 degrees. On land, temperatures worldwide increased by 1.71 degrees to 55.9 degrees.

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This was the seventh-highest temperature seen in the past 134 years.

In a worrisome statistic, NOAA reported that oceans on average are warmer than land. Temperatures in seas around the world averaged 61.5 Fahrenheit, up 1.15 degrees, a record for June.

The span from January to June 2014 was the third-warmest on record.

In May, scattered sections across every major ocean basin were record warm, said NOAA. Large parts of the western equatorial and northeastern Pacific Ocean and nearly all of the Indian Ocean were record warm or much warmer than average for the month.

Land and sea temperatures together for the first half of the year rose by 1.21 degrees over average 20th Century readings.

NOAA said June 2014 was the 38th consecutive June and 352nd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average.

The last below-average global temperature for June took place in June 1976 and the last below-average global temperature for any month was February 1985.

New Zealand experienced a dramatic increase in temperatures. It endured its hottest June since record keep began in 1909.

Parts of Greenland saw record-high temperatures. The settlement of Kangerlussuaq in the southwest of the nation at the head of fjords saw its hottest day on record -- 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit -- on 15 June.

Iceland also suffered through warmer temperatures. Stykkishòlmur in western Iceland had its hottest June since local records started in 1845.

The capital, Reykjavìk, reported the fourth-warmest June in 143 years.