Emerging threatsFebruary global temperature sets new record for the globe
The average temperature for the globe during December-February was 2.03°F above the twentieth century average. This was the highest temperature for December-February in the 1880-2016 record. February 2016 also marks the tenth consecutive month in which a monthly global temperature record has been broken. Record warmth across the globe was aided by a strong El Niño which peaked during the winter.
NOAA map of temperature deeviations // Source: commons.wikimedia.org
February global temperature anomaly sets new record for the globe, and December-February also breaks existing temperature records, NOAA says.
Record warmth across the globe was aided by a strong El Niño which peaked during the winter.
The average temperature for the globe during December-February was 2.03°F above the twentieth century average, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. This was the highest temperature for December-February in the 1880-2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015-16 by 0.52°F. This also marks the highest 3-month departure from average for any 3-month period on record, surpassing the previous record set last month, November 2015-January 2016, by 0.16°F.
NOAA says that the February average temperature for the globe was 2.18°F above the twentieth century average. This was not only the highest for the month of February in the 1880-2016 record (surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.59°F ), but it surpassed the all-time monthly record set just two months ago in December 2015 by 0.16°F.
February 2016 also marks the tenth consecutive month in which a monthly global temperature record has been broken.
