So for a short time during the trump administration my monthly post will not look like this,...
But might look like this?JMA’s October number
The monthly anomaly of the global average surface temperature in October 2016 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.29°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.61°C above the 20th century average), and was the 3rd warmest since 1891. On a longer time scale, global average surface temperatures have risen at a rate of about 0.65°C per century.
Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)
1st. 2015 (+0.53°C), 2nd. 2014 (+0.34°C), 3rd. 2016 (+0.29°C), 4th. 2003 (+0.24°C), 5th. 2006 (+0.23°C)
NASA’s October number
NOAA’s October numbers
Global indicators of change in 2016
Temperature:
2015 was the warmest year on record globally, surpassing the previous record set in 2014 by more than 0.1 °C. Global mean temperature at the Earth’s surface in 2015 exceeded the pre-industrial average (1850-1900) by more than 1 °C for the first time.
2016 will be the third consecutive year of exceptionally high global surface temperatures. 2014 equalled the former record, 2015 broke it and 2016 is likely to be warmer still. Monthly temperatures have been at near-record or record levels since mid 2015 with the period from November 2015 to April 2016 being particularly warm.
Snow and Ice:
Arctic sea ice maximum extent reached a new record low in March 2016, 1.12 million km2 (or 7.2%) below the 1981-2010 average. Record low monthly extents continued into June. The actual minimum extent in 2016 occurred on 10th September and was the joint 2nd lowest on record, equal to 2007 and behind 2012. The average extent for September was 3rd lowest on record, and 1.95 million km2 below the 1981-2010 average.
Greenhouse Gases:
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, the most dominant climate-forcing greenhouse gases, all reached new record high levels in 2015.1 The atmospheric CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, increased by a record 3.05 parts per million during 2015, exceeding 400 ppm for the first time in the instrumental record, and in measurements of air trapped in ice cores for up to 800,000 years.2 In May 2016, Mauna Loa recorded an average monthly value of 407.6 ppm - the highest ever monthly value.
Earth’s energy imbalance:
Over the last four decades, the Earth has absorbed more energy from incoming solar radiation than it has emitted back to space. This energy imbalance is caused by the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The oceans have absorbed more than 90% of this excess energy. Whilst surface warming is most pronounced, warming has been observed throughout the ocean depth. The remainder of the energy imbalance is accounted for in warming of the atmosphere and continents, and in melting ice.
Rising sea levels:
As the climate warms, land ice melt and the thermal expansion of water causes global sea level rise. Global mean sea level (GMSL) has risen by around 1.7 mm per year over the last century, increasing to 3.3 mm per year since the early 1990s. In 2015, GMSL averaged over the year was the highest in the satellite record and 7cm above the 1993-1999 mean.
No. We’ve been over this.JMA’s October number
The monthly anomaly of the global average surface temperature in October 2016 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.29°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.61°C above the 20th century average), and was the 3rd warmest since 1891. On a longer time scale, global average surface temperatures have risen at a rate of about 0.65°C per century.
Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)
1st. 2015 (+0.53°C), 2nd. 2014 (+0.34°C), 3rd. 2016 (+0.29°C), 4th. 2003 (+0.24°C), 5th. 2006 (+0.23°C)
NOAA’s October numbers
Global indicators of change in 2016
Temperature:
2015 was the warmest year on record globally, surpassing the previous record set in 2014 by more than 0.1 °C. Global mean temperature at the Earth’s surface in 2015 exceeded the pre-industrial average (1850-1900) by more than 1 °C for the first time.
2016 will be the third consecutive year of exceptionally high global surface temperatures. 2014 equalled the former record, 2015 broke it and 2016 is likely to be warmer still. Monthly temperatures have been at near-record or record levels since mid 2015 with the period from November 2015 to April 2016 being particularly warm.
Snow and Ice:
Arctic sea ice maximum extent reached a new record low in March 2016, 1.12 million km2 (or 7.2%) below the 1981-2010 average. Record low monthly extents continued into June. The actual minimum extent in 2016 occurred on 10th September and was the joint 2nd lowest on record, equal to 2007 and behind 2012. The average extent for September was 3rd lowest on record, and 1.95 million km2 below the 1981-2010 average.
Greenhouse Gases:
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, the most dominant climate-forcing greenhouse gases, all reached new record high levels in 2015.1 The atmospheric CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, increased by a record 3.05 parts per million during 2015, exceeding 400 ppm for the first time in the instrumental record, and in measurements of air trapped in ice cores for up to 800,000 years.2 In May 2016, Mauna Loa recorded an average monthly value of 407.6 ppm - the highest ever monthly value.
Earth’s energy imbalance:
Over the last four decades, the Earth has absorbed more energy from incoming solar radiation than it has emitted back to space. This energy imbalance is caused by the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The oceans have absorbed more than 90% of this excess energy. Whilst surface warming is most pronounced, warming has been observed throughout the ocean depth. The remainder of the energy imbalance is accounted for in warming of the atmosphere and continents, and in melting ice.
Rising sea levels:
As the climate warms, land ice melt and the thermal expansion of water causes global sea level rise. Global mean sea level (GMSL) has risen by around 1.7 mm per year over the last century, increasing to 3.3 mm per year since the early 1990s. In 2015, GMSL averaged over the year was the highest in the satellite record and 7cm above the 1993-1999 mean.
No. We’ve been over this.
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