The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 17, 2012 Report: July Marked 329th Consecutive Month with Above-Average Global Temperature ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New figures show July marked the 329th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th Century average. It was also the 36th consecutive July with an above temperature average, a streak dating back to 1976. In the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently disclosed July was the hottest month on record.