UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for August, 2025: +0.39 deg. C

September 2nd, 2025 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.

The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for August, 2025 was +0.39 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, up a little from the July, 2025 anomaly of +0.36 deg. C.

The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through August 2025) remains at +0.16 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over land, +0.13 C/decade over oceans).

The following table lists various regional Version 6.1 LT departures from the 30-year (1991-2020) average for the last 20 months (record highs are in red).

YEARMOGLOBENHEM.SHEM.TROPICUSA48ARCTICAUST
2024Jan+0.80+1.02+0.58+1.20-0.19+0.40+1.12
2024Feb+0.88+0.95+0.81+1.17+1.31+0.86+1.16
2024Mar+0.88+0.96+0.80+1.26+0.22+1.05+1.34
2024Apr+0.94+1.12+0.76+1.15+0.86+0.88+0.54
2024May+0.78+0.77+0.78+1.20+0.05+0.20+0.53
2024June+0.69+0.78+0.60+0.85+1.37+0.64+0.91
2024July+0.74+0.86+0.61+0.97+0.44+0.56-0.07
2024Aug+0.76+0.82+0.69+0.74+0.40+0.88+1.75
2024Sep+0.81+1.04+0.58+0.82+1.31+1.48+0.98
2024Oct+0.75+0.89+0.60+0.63+1.90+0.81+1.09
2024Nov+0.64+0.87+0.41+0.53+1.12+0.79+1.00
2024Dec+0.62+0.76+0.48+0.52+1.42+1.12+1.54
2025Jan+0.45+0.70+0.21+0.24-1.06+0.74+0.48
2025Feb+0.50+0.55+0.45+0.26+1.04+2.10+0.87
2025Mar+0.57+0.74+0.41+0.40+1.24+1.23+1.20
2025Apr+0.61+0.77+0.46+0.37+0.82+0.85+1.21
2025May+0.50+0.45+0.55+0.30+0.15+0.75+0.99
2025June+0.48+0.48+0.47+0.30+0.81+0.05+0.39
2025July+0.36+0.49+0.23+0.45+0.32+0.40+0.53
2025Aug+0.39+0.39+0.39+0.16-0.06+0.69+0.11

The full UAH Global Temperature Report, along with the LT global gridpoint anomaly image for August, 2025, and a more detailed analysis by John Christy, should be available within the next several days here.

The anomaly in the tropics (20N – 20S) has dropped considerably, to +0.16 deg. C. The U.S. was below the 30-year average in August.

The monthly anomalies for various regions for the four deep layers we monitor from satellites will be available in the next several days at the following locations:

Lower Troposphere

Mid-Troposphere

Tropopause

Lower Stratosphere


15 Responses to “UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for August, 2025: +0.39 deg. C”

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  1. Dixon says:

    Thank you Dr Spencer!

  2. Eben says:

    Let’s do this no TDS month

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  3. Bellman says:

    Same temperature as August 1998, which makes this the equal third warmest August in the UAH data set.

    Year Anomaly
    1 2024 0.76
    2 2023 0.61
    3 1998 0.39
    4 2025 0.39
    5 2016 0.32
    6 2020 0.30
    7 2017 0.29
    8 2019 0.25
    9 2022 0.24
    10 2010 0.21

  4. Richard M says:

    The important number is the Tropics. Looks like a new La Nina is getting started which will spread its effects towards the poles over the next 6 months.

    I would also expect more cooling from the Hunga-Tonga warming effect dissipating. We might even reach negative anomalies again.

    The biggest question is still the AMO. When the AMO phase change takes place we should see an increase in clouds along with further cooling. We are at the same place in the cycle as the early 1960s. We all know what happened then.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQRqr9_jw5I

  5. jefftweb says:

    The old link to data https://www.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tlt/
    seems dead. The new link http://nsstc.uah.edu/climate/ leads to a global report page. It has a link to data through 2024. Does the change to version 6.1 eliminate the monthly summary files?

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