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16 August 201914.05 The month of July was the hottest of the last 140 years, with an average temperature of 0.95 degrees above the average of the 20th century. The most affected were the polar ice caps, reduced to historic lows: in the Arctic they fell by 19.8% below the average, while in Antarctica they fell by 4.3%. To detect it is the Noaa, the American Atmosphere Research Institute and the Oceans, which highlights how 9 of the 10 warmest months of July were recorded after 2005 and that the last 5 were the hottest ever.