October 2012 - 332nd consecutive month with above-average global temperature
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The average temperature across land and ocean surfaces during October was 14.63°C (58.23°F). This is 0.63°C (1.13°F) above the 20th century average and ties with 2008 as the fifth warmest October on record. The record warmest October occurred in 2003 and the record coldest October occurred in 1912.This is the 332nd consecutive month (yes, that means 27 and a half years in a row! Op.ed.) with an above-average temperature. The last below-average month was February 1985. The last October with a below-average temperature was 1976. The Northern Hemisphere ranked as the seventh warmest October on record, while the Southern Hemisphere ranked as second warmest, behind 1997.
The average global temperature over land was 0.92°C (1.66°F) above average, making this the eighth warmest October on record. Several regions around the globe were much warmer than average, including northeastern and southwestern North America, most of South America, northern Africa, southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia, and far eastern Russia. A heat wave brought record warmth to large areas of Brazil and Bolivia. Record heat was also present in southern India. It was cooler than average in parts of northern Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China along with much of central North America. Western Canada was much cooler than average.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/10
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/opinio...BAF19&_r=0
I gotta admit that these things are scary. Given the pace of temperature changes from "just" the emissions from the start of industrial era to today, what's going to happen with a yet greater and inevitable global rise in population and industry?
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