NOAA Global Analysis July 2013

[EdEarl]

 

From: NOAA

This marks the 341^st consecutive month, since February 1985, that the global monthly temperature has been higher than the long-term average for its respective month. Nine of the ten warmest Julys on record have occurred since the beginning of the 21^st century (July 1998 is currently the record warmest).

• The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for July 2013 was the sixth highest on record, at 0.61°C (1.10°F) above the 20^th century average of 15.8°C (60.4°F).
• The global land surface temperature was 0.78°C (1.40°F) above the 20^th century average of 14.3°C (57.8°F), marking the eighth warmest July on record. For the ocean, the July global sea surface temperature was 0.54°C (0.97°F) above the 20^th century average of 16.4°C (61.5°F), the fifth warmest July on record.
• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the January–July period (year-to-date) was 0.59°C (1.06°F) above the 20^th century average of 13.8°C (56.9°F), tying with 2003 as the sixth warmest such period on record.

If you are younger than 28, you have not known a normal global July temperature.

Edited August 23, 2013 by EdEarl

[iNow]

Any bets on whether or not the trend continues for years to come?

[arc]

Any bets on whether or not the trend continues for years to come?

 

Do the conditions of this bet include the probability of variability similar to what is viewed to have occurred in the last 15,000 years? With extreme cold events similar to Younger Dryas events and even the next glacial period?

[iNow]

The natural cycles never stopped and are certainly still a factor to be considered, but neither the scope nor the magnitude of what we're seeing today can be explained by citing only non-anthropogenic climate forcing agents.