•The rising temperatures have a cost that includes the likelihood to impact weather patterns
•The ocean absorbs more than 90 per cent of excess energy from human activities.
Scientists have warned that the rate at which temperatures on land and sea are increasing is alarming.
Experts at the World Meteorological Organization said the global mean surface air temperatures for the first days of June were the highest – by a considerable margin - for the time of year in the data record of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
In May, the global sea surface temperatures hit a new high for the second consecutive month.
The director of infrastructure at the WMO and head of the Global Climate Observing System Dr Anthony Rea says the extraordinary sea surface temperatures are ringing alarm bells.
“Globally, sea surface temperatures are on average 0.2 degrees warmer than at the same time last year," he warns.
The warning from scientists comes in the wake of a weather forecast from the Kenya Meteorological Department showing that large parts of the country will remain dry.
The five-day forecast that is valid from June 17 to June 21 shows that rainfall is expected to continue over some parts of the highlands east and west of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley and the Coastal Strip.
Strong southerly to south-easterly winds of over 25 knots (12.5 m/s) are expected over the Eastern half of the Country.
The forecast shows that maximum temperatures in Mombasa, Tana River, Kilifi, Lamu and Kwale Counties will be in the range of between 22 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius.
Temperatures in Kitui, Makueni, Machakos, Kajiado and Taita Taveta Counties will be in the range of between 12 degrees Celsius and 29 degrees Celsius.
In the counties of Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Isiolo, the temperature will be in the range of 16 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees Celsius.
Turkana and Samburu counties will have temperatures in the range of 13 degrees Celsius and 36 degrees Celsius.
Dr Rea said the rising sea surface temperatures represent an enormous amount of heat energy absorbed by the ocean.
He warns that rising temperatures have a cost that includes the likelihood to impact weather patterns, cyclone intensification and loss of biodiversity, such as coral reef bleaching.
The ocean absorbs more than 90 per cent of excess energy from human activities.
Scientists say ocean temperature hit a record high in May for the second consecutive month.
Sea surface temperatures remain exceptionally high as of June 16.
Scientists say El Niño conditions are now starting to emerge as above-average sea surface temperatures strengthen across the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
WMO said it will issue its next El Niño Update in early July, based on models and expert opinion from around the world.
The update will provide an indication of the likely strength and duration of El Niño, which has a warming impact on global average temperatures and influences temperature and rainfall patterns around the world.
Scientists say it is crucial to closely monitor North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature, in addition to El-Nino and other drivers of climate variations.
They say even ahead of the anticipated El Niño, the heat is rising.
Scientists say the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are at new records, a move that shows that climate change will continue to accelerate.
They warn that the levels of carbon dioxide are now more than 50 per cent higher than they were before the onset of the industrial era.
The findings are of particular concern to them because carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lasts for many decades, thus committing the planet to future warming.