The monthly anomaly of the global average surface temperature in November 2015 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.54°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.88°C above the 20th century average), and was the warmest since 1891. On a longer time scale, global average surface temperatures have risen at a rate of about 0.71°C per century.Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)
1st. 2015 (+0.54°C), 2nd. 2013 (+0.31°C), 3rd. 2001 (+0.26°C), 4th. 2012 (+0.25°C), 5th. 2014, 2006, 2004, 1997 (+0.24°C)This November anomaly is +0.23°C warmer than the second warmest November, two years ago.
Distribution of Anomalies
The cold spot in the USA west of the Rockies will undoubtedly give birth to a chorus of "No warming" from the usual denialisti and incognoscenti.
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