The National Climatic Data Center just released their global temperature analysis for June 2008. The combined global land/sea temperature was eighth warmest June on record since 1880, based on the Smith/Reynolds method. The temperature anomaly was +0.48 C (+0.86 F). The greatest warming, based on the image below was over northern Russia.

Also notice how the greater warming matches fairly well with the June 500 mb height anomaly map shown below (basically shows the mean upper-level weather pattern for the month with ridges (warm/dry aloft) and troughs (cool/moist aloft).

Also, according to the NCDC, the year (Jan-Jun 2008) is running 0.44 C (0.79 F) above normal, putting it at the 9th warmest for the period.

Other sources

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) satellite derived global temperature anomaly for June was -0.11 C or -0.20 F, making June 2008 the 9th coolest on record since 1979. The decadal trend was still slightly upward however, at +0.09 C a decade.

The Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) satellite derived data put June 2008 as the 13th coolest on their record going back to 1979. The anomaly was +0.03 C or +0.05 F. The trend was +0.15 C per decade.

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Sea Ice for June

The Northern Hemispheric sea ice extent was the third least on record for the month of June, putting it behind 2006 and 2005. The records go back to 1979.

The Southern Hemispheric sea ice extent was the second largest for June, putting it only behind 1979.