This paper represents important progress in understanding what is (and isn't) in global surface temperature data sets. (climateaudit.org)
The BEST team has produced the best land surface temperature data set that we currently have. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
This model suggests an 80 percent chance of a record high in 2016, without any global temperature data for this year being used at all. (fivethirtyeight.com)