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With September recording the highest ever temperatures for the month, 2014 is set to become the warmest year the planet witnessed.

According to Guardian, 2014 witnessed a 0.68 °C average rise in both land and sea surface temperatures over the 20^th century average of 14.1°C. This year has already tied with tied 1998 as the warmest since 1880, the year temperature recording keeping began. United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed the data on warming.

"The past 12 months-October 2013-September 2014-was the warmest 12-month period among all months since records began in 1880, at 0.69°C (1.24°F) above the 20^th century average. This breaks the previous record of +0.68°C (+1.22°F) set for the periods September 1998-August 1998, August 2009-July 2010; and September 2013-August 2014," NOAA said.

"If 2014 maintains this temperature departure from average for the remainder of the year, it will be the warmest calendar year on record."

The temperature rise is being tied to rising sea temperature warming.

In September alone, average sea and land temperature recorded the highest rise of 0.72°C over 20^th century average, with land temperatures showing a rise of 0.89°C, the sixth highest temperature rise recorded for September. Oceans on the other hand, recorded a departure of 0.66°C from 20^th century average, upsetting a temperature record set a month ago in August.

The Wired reported that El Nino effect has set in the tropical Pacific Ocean and is expected to remain until March 2015, causing warming events.

"Having an El Niño would increase the chances of 2015 at least starting out much warmer than average, and approaching record or near record warmth," Jake Crouch of the National Climatic Data Center said, according to Wired.

Several nations including France, Australia, Denmark, Germany and Austria experienced warm Septembers, the NOAA report said.