Sentences with phrase «average surface temperature record»

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach On another thread, a poster got me thinking about the common practice of using the El Nino 3.4 Index to remove some of the variability from the historical global average surface temperature record.

On another thread, a poster got me thinking about the common practice of using the El Nino 3.4 Index to remove some of the variability from the historical global average surface temperature record.

Jacob (and many, many others) seem to think that if model A, when run from 1900 to present, predicts the relatively flat, global average surface temperature record over the past decade, is a better match to reality than model B which does not.

Not exact matches

What's more, there are several long - term records of global annual average surface temperatures.

Land and Ocean Combined: The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the record highest for the month, at 61.45 °F (16.35 °C), or 1.35 °F (0.75 °C) above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F (15.6 °C).

The global average temperature over land and ocean surfaces for January to October 2014 was the highest on record, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

According to NOAA scientists, the globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the highest for August since record keeping began in 1880.

Ocean Only: The August global sea surface temperature was 1.17 °F (0.65 °C) above the 20th century average of 61.4 °F (16.4 °C), the highest on record for August.

Ocean Only: The global ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.99 °F (0.55 °C) above average, tying with 2010 as the second warmest such period on record, behind only 1998.

Ocean Only: The June - August global sea surface temperature was 1.13 °F (0.63 °C), above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F (16.4 °C), the highest for June - August on record.

Land Only: The January - August worldwide land surface temperature was 1.82 °F (1.01 °C) above the 20th century average, the fifth warmest such period on record.

During 2016, average temperatures were the highest reported since record keeping began in 1880, reaching 1.69 degrees F (0.94 degrees C) above the average for land and sea surfaces in the 20th century.

The June 2013 globally - averaged temperature across ocean surfaces was the 10th highest in the 134 - year period of record, at 0.48 °C (0.86 °F) above the 20th century average.

The average global sea surface temperature tied with 2010 as the second highest for January — August in the 135 - year period of record, behind 1998, while the average land surface temperature was the fifth highest.

With records dating back to 1880, the global temperature across the world's land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was 0.75 °C (1.35 °F) higher than the 20th century average of 15.6 °C (60.1 °F).

«The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said global land surface temperatures in January and April were likely the warmest since records began in 1880, at more than 1 degree Celsius higher than average for those months.

The annually - averaged temperature for ocean surfaces around the world was 0.74 °C (1.33 °F) higher than the 20th century average, easily breaking the previous record of 2014 by 0.11 °C (0.20 °F).

In a key region of the tropical Pacific, the November average sea surface temperature beat out records from 1983 and 1997, according to the European Centre for Medium - Range Weather Forecasts.

With the contribution of such record warmth at year's end and with 10 months of the year record warm for their respective months, including the last 8 (January was second warmest for January and April was third warmest), the average global temperature across land and ocean surface areas for 2015 was 0.90 °C (1.62 °F) above the 20th century average of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F), beating the previous record warmth of 2014 by 0.16 °C (0.29 °F).

The warmth was due to the near - record strong El Niño that developed during the Northern Hemisphere spring in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean and to large regions of record warm and much warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures in parts of every major ocean basin.

Across the world's oceans, the September — November average sea surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 16.0 °C (60.7 °F), the highest for September — November on record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.27 °C (0.15 °F).

In August global sea surface temperatures reached record levels — the average temperature was 1.17 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the 20th century average.

The average global temperature across land surfaces was 1.31 °C (2.36 °F) above the 20th century average of 5.9 °C (42.6 °F), the fifth highest November temperature on record.

Most of Earth's land surfaces were warmer than average or much warmer than average, according to the Land & Ocean Temperature Percentiles map above, with record warmth notable across most of equatorial and northeastern South America and parts of southeastern Asia.

For the oceans, the November global sea surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 15.8 °C (60.4 °F), the highest for November on record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.20 °C (0.36 °F).

Separately, the global land surface temperature was 1.89 °C (3.40 °F) above average, the highest on record for December, surpassing the previous record set in 2006 by 0.48 °C (0.86 °F).

The average land surface temperature was also record high, at 1.27 °C (2.29 °F) above average, surpassing the previous record of 2010 by 0.15 °C (0.27 °F).

The December 2015 globally - averaged temperature across land and ocean surfaces was 1.11 °C (2.00 °F) above the 20th century average of 12.2 °C (54.0 °F), the highest for any month since records began in 1880, surpassing the previous all - time record set two months ago in October by 0.12 °C (0.21 °F).

The June temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the surface) was the fifth highest for June in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.50 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

The March — May globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.40 °F above the 20th century average of 61.0 °F — the highest for March — May in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record of 2015 by 0.20 °F.

The June globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for June in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.05 °F.

The June - August temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the surface) was the third highest for June - August in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.65 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

The June — August globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F the highest for June — August in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record of 2015 by 0.02 °F.

The May globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.37 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.3 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for May in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.09 °F.

Much warmer - than - average temperatures engulfed most of the world's oceans during June 2016, with record high sea surface temperatures across parts of the central and southwest Pacific Ocean, northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and across parts of the northeastern Indian Ocean.

Similar to the March — May global land and ocean surface temperature, the March — May land surface temperature was also the fourth highest three - month departure from average for any three - month period on record.

The April globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.44 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.9 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for April in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.25 °F and besting 1998, the last time a similar strength El Niño occurred, by 0.43 °F.

The July globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.42 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for July in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.07 °F.

The July temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the surface) tied with 2010 as the second highest for July in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.67 °F above the 1981 - 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

The May temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the surface) was the second highest for May in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.83 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

(a) Global surface temperature record (1870 — 2010) relative to the average global surface temperature for 1961 — 1990 (black line).

The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2015 was the highest among all years since record keeping began in 1880.

During the final month, the December combined global land and ocean average surface temperature was the highest on record for any month in the 136 - year record.

Earth's average surface temperature in 2017 placed as the second or third highest on record, according to new analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The September globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.33 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.1 °F, tying with 2014 as the second highest global ocean temperature for September in the 1880 — 2016 record, behind 2015 by 0.16 °F.

During the final month, the December combined global land and ocean average surface temperature was the third highest for December in the 137 - year record.

For the contiguous United States and Alaska, 2016 was the second - warmest year on record and the 20th consecutive year that the annual average surface temperature exceeded the 122 - year average since record keeping began, according to NOAA.

«The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said global land surface temperatures in January and April were likely the warmest since records began in 1880, at more than 1 degree Celsius higher than average for those months.

Further, by global warming I refer explicitly to the historical record of global average surface temperatures.

-- The December — February worldwide land surface temperature was 0.59 °C (1.06 °F) above the 20th century average, the 20th warmest such period on record.