If July felt horrendously hot, thats because it was.

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration two leading global authorities on climate both say July 2016 was not only the hottest July on record, but the most sizzling month in the history of record-keeping.

NOAA on Wednesday said Julys global average temperature was 62.01 degrees , 1.57 degrees above the 20th-century average. NASA, which uses a slightly different methodology, said Monday the average global temperature in July was 1.51 degrees above average . Both agencies pegged July as the hottest month since monitoring began in 1880.