{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Last Month Was Hottest September on Record","description":"Last month was the hottest September ever recorded, paving the way for 2016 to be the hottest year since record-keeping began, NASA scientists said this week.\n\nThis September beat the same month in 2014 by a tiny margin of 0.004°C (0.007°F), according to NASA. The temperature is 0.91°C (1.64°F) warmer than the average September temperature in the four decades beginning in the 1950s.","author_name":"TIME's Top Stories","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/24956558/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}