JMA (not NOAA/NASA/MET Office) November/Autumn Numbers
The monthly anomaly of the global average surface temperature in November 2016 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.28°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.62°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 0.71°C per century.
Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)
1st. 2015(+0.54°C), 2nd. 2013(+0.31°C), 3rd. 2016(+0.28°C), 4th. 2001(+0.26°C), 5th. 2012(+0.25°C)
Seasonal Anomalies of Global Average Surface Temperature in Autumn (September to November) (1891 - 2016, preliminary value)
The seasonal anomaly of the global average surface temperature in Autumn (September to November) 2016 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.33°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.66°C above the 20th century average), and was the 2nd warmest since 1891. On a longer time scale, global average surface temperatures have risen at a rate of about 0.67°C per century.
Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)
1st. 2015(+0.53°C), 2nd. 2016(+0.33°C), 3rd. 2014(+0.31°C), 4th. 2013(+0.26°C), 5th. 2012(+0.24°C)
Don’t pay attention to the short term variability (Autumn - 2012 hot, 2013 hotter, 2014 even hotter, 2015 hottest and 2016 2nd hottest recorded), look at the long term trend
And some news related to my home/Republican led US congress/climate change,…..
Congress approves Everglades project aimed at bringing water south
Everglades restoration scored a major victory over the weekend when Congress approved a long-awaited waterworks bill.
The $10 billion bill comes at the end of a year filled with water woes that wilted Florida Bay and left Treasure Coast estuaries coated in slimy green algae, and includes authorization for the Central Everglades Planning Project. The $1.9 billion project, which splits the tab between the state and federal government, is intended to speed up work critical to reviving the flow of water south to keep marshes healthy and help fend off saltwater intrusion threatening South Florida’s water supplies.
Sonny :)