Earth has its Warmest November in Recorded History

[phantom power]

November 2013 was the globe's warmest November since records began in 1880, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and NASA. The year-to-date period of January - November has been the 4th warmest such period on record. November 2013 global land temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, and global ocean temperatures were the 3rd warmest on record. November 2013 was the 345th consecutive month with global temperatures warmer than the 20th century average. Global satellite-measured temperatures in November 2013 for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were 16th or 9th warmest in the 35-year record, according to Remote Sensing Systems and the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH), respectively. Northern Hemisphere November snow cover was the 16th greatest in the 48-year record.

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Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for November 2013, the warmest November for the globe since record keeping began in 1880. Most of the world's land areas experienced warmer-than-average monthly temperatures, including much of Eurasia, coastal Africa, Central America, and central South America. Much of southern Russia, north west Kazakhstan, south India, and southern Madagascar were record warm. Meanwhile, northern Australia, parts of North America, and southwest Greenland were cooler than average. No regions of the globe were record cold. According to Roshydromet, Russia observed its warmest November since national records began in 1891. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).

[Bigmack]

1. K & R nt

[stuntcat]

2. of course part of Australia and the American South had cooler than usual years

Two places populated with anti-environmentalists. Isn't that just the funny way things go!?

Giving everyone an extra decade of denial, at least!

(As a Southerner I apologize for broad-brushing Australians, but I'm sick of news about deniers winning there.
I'm very sorry for all the beautiful animals and plants in Australia.
I'm very sad for all the beautiful plants and animals in the South.)

[XemaSab]

3. It was 78 here in NorCal yesterday

And 28 night before last.