Almost all land surfaces on the planet experienced unusually warm temperatures during the month of February 2016, making it the warmest February in 136 years of modern temperature records. (giss.nasa.gov)
The circle colours indicate the difference between the Challenger soundings and modern temperatures recorded by Argo floats, red for warmer, blue for colder, according to the key shown on the right of the maps. (simpleclimate.wordpress.com)
This is the reconstructed global climate record from 1400 - 2012, with the temperatures from 1960 - 2012 coming from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration modern temperature record. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)