16 February 2016
January 2016 Blows Away Global Temp. Records
Posted by Dan Satterfield
January was the hottest month on record globally. NASA GISS image.
NASA announced today that this past January was an amazing 1.13 degrees C. above the 1950-1980 average. It becomes only the 4th month ever to reach over 1 degree C above the average, with the other 3 months being in 2015. The record is mainly due to the increasing greenhouse gases, and the strong El Nino in the Pacific. Having now reached 1 degree C above the average, we are now only one degree away from passing the 2 deg C threshold, beyond which and overwhelming number of scientists believe we will see serious, and perhaps very damaging/surprising consequences to our climate.
The graph below shows that the Arctic continues to be by far the fastest warming part of the planet. Winter sea ice in the Arctic set a record low in January.
NASA Image.
Sea ice in January below:
Here is the raw data from NASA. .
GLOBAL Land-Ocean Temperature Index in 0.01 degrees Celsius base period: 1951-1980
sources: GHCN-v3 1880-01/2016 + SST: ERSST v4 1880-01/2016
using elimination of outliers and homogeneity adjustment
Notes: 1950 DJF = Dec 1949 - Feb 1950 ; ***** = missing
AnnMean
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
1880 -29 -20 -18 -27 -14 -28 -23 -7 -16 -15 -18 -20 -20 *** **** -20 -19 -16 1880
1881 -9 -13 1 -3 -4 -28 -5 -2 -8 -19 -26 -15 -11 -11 -14 -2 -12 -18 1881
1882 10 9 2 -20 -17 -25 -10 4 0 -22 -20 -24 -9 -9 1 -12 -10 -14 1882
1883 -33 -42 -17 -24 -25 -11 -7 -12 -18 -11 -19 -17 -20 -20 -33 -22 -10 -16 1883
1884 -17 -11 -33 -35 -31 -37 -33 -25 -22 -21 -29 -28 -27 -26 -15 -33 -32 -24 1884
1885 -64 -29 -23 -44 -41 -50 -28 -27 -18 -19 -22 -5 -31 -33 -40 -36 -35 -20 1885
1886 -41 -45 -41 -29 -27 -39 -15 -31 -18 -25 -25 -24 -30 -28 -30 -32 -28 -23 1886
1887 -65 -47 -30 -37 -32 -20 -17 -26 -19 -31 -25 -37 -32 -31 -45 -33 -21 -25 1887
1888 -42 -41 -46 -27 -21 -20 -8 -10 -6 2 0 -11 -19 -21 -40 -32 -13 -1 1888
1889 -19 15 4 5 -3 -11 -5 -17 -18 -22 -30 -29 -11 -9 -5 2 -11 -23 1889
1890 -46 -48 -41 -38 -48 -27 -29 -35 -36 -22 -36 -29 -36 -36 -41 -42 -30 -31 1890
1891 -45 -48 -14 -25 -17 -21 -21 -21 -13 -23 -36 -1 -24 -26 -41 -19 -21 -24 1891
1892 -25 -14 -36 -34 -24 -19 -26 -18 -24 -15 -48 -27 -26 -24 -13 -31 -21 -29 1892
1893 -67 -50 -23 -32 -34 -22 -12 -22 -17 -15 -16 -36 -29 -28 -48 -30 -19 -16 1893
1894 -54 -31 -21 -40 -29 -43 -31 -26 -22 -15 -24 -21 -30 -31 -41 -30 -33 -20 1894
1895 -43 -42 -29 -22 -22 -24 -15 -15 -1 -9 -15 -11 -21 -22 -35 -24 -18 -8 1895
1896 -22 -15 -29 -32 -19 -13 -6 -8 -3 6 -15 -11 -14 -14 -16 -27 -9 -4 1896
1897 -22 -19 -12 -1 0 -12 -4 -2 -4 -8 -17 -25 -11 -9 -17 -4 -6 -10 1897
1898 -6 -33 -56 -34 -36 -21 -23 -24 -20 -32 -35 -22 -28 -29 -22 -42 -22 -29 1898
1899 -18 -40 -35 -21 -21 -26 -13 -4 -1 0 12 -26 -16 -16 -26 -26 -14 4 1899
1900 -39 -7 2 -15 -5 -15 -7 -3 2 9 -12 -13 -9 -10 -24 -6 -8 0 1900
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1901 -29 -6 4 -6 -18 -10 -8 -11 -16 -28 -17 -29 -14 -13 -16 -6 -10 -20 1901
1902 -20 -4 -30 -28 -31 -35 -26 -28 -21 -28 -36 -46 -28 -26 -18 -30 -30 -29 1902
1903 -28 -7 -22 -40 -42 -45 -30 -43 -42 -41 -39 -48 -36 -36 -27 -35 -39 -41 1903
1904 -64 -55 -47 -50 -50 -49 -48 -44 -46 -35 -16 -28 -44 -46 -56 -49 -47 -32 1904
1905 -38 -59 -25 -36 -33 -31 -24 -20 -15 -23 -8 -20 -28 -28 -42 -31 -25 -15 1905
1906 -30 -33 -15 -2 -20 -21 -25 -19 -25 -20 -38 -18 -22 -22 -28 -13 -22 -27 1906
1907 -44 -52 -25 -40 -46 -43 -35 -37 -32 -24 -51 -50 -40 -37 -38 -37 -38 -36 1907
1908 -46 -36 -58 -46 -40 -39 -34 -45 -33 -43 -50 -49 -43 -43 -44 -48 -40 -42 1908
1909 -70 -47 -52 -59 -54 -52 -42 -30 -37 -38 -32 -54 -47 -47 -55 -55 -41 -36 1909
1910 -45 -44 -48 -39 -34 -36 -31 -34 -37 -39 -56 -69 -43 -41 -47 -40 -34 -44 1910
1911 -63 -61 -63 -55 -52 -47 -41 -43 -38 -26 -20 -25 -45 -48 -64 -57 -44 -28 1911
1912 -28 -15 -37 -21 -20 -26 -40 -51 -47 -55 -38 -41 -35 -34 -23 -26 -39 -47 1912
1913 -41 -44 -44 -36 -45 -45 -34 -32 -32 -34 -18 -3 -34 -37 -42 -42 -37 -28 1913
1914 2 -14 -23 -27 -20 -22 -24 -14 -13 -4 -20 -10 -16 -15 -5 -23 -20 -12 1914
1915 -19 -1 -9 8 -2 -14 -2 -14 -12 -21 -13 -25 -10 -9 -10 -1 -10 -15 1915
1916 -20 -22 -31 -25 -26 -43 -32 -26 -28 -27 -42 -78 -33 -29 -23 -27 -34 -33 1916
1917 -47 -55 -49 -39 -49 -39 -22 -25 -18 -35 -28 -71 -40 -40 -60 -46 -29 -27 1917
1918 -43 -32 -20 -39 -37 -28 -19 -26 -14 -3 -15 -28 -25 -29 -49 -32 -24 -11 1918
1919 -19 -21 -27 -19 -20 -27 -20 -19 -17 -15 -29 -34 -22 -22 -23 -22 -22 -20 1919
1920 -14 -23 -7 -26 -25 -32 -30 -29 -19 -27 -32 -45 -26 -25 -24 -19 -30 -26 1920
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
1921 -3 -21 -27 -36 -36 -30 -15 -23 -17 -6 -16 -17 -21 -23 -23 -33 -23 -13 1921
1922 -32 -42 -13 -22 -34 -32 -26 -31 -29 -32 -16 -17 -27 -27 -31 -23 -30 -26 1922
1923 -27 -37 -31 -38 -33 -24 -28 -29 -27 -11 4 -4 -24 -25 -27 -34 -27 -12 1923
1924 -22 -26 -12 -34 -19 -28 -26 -34 -30 -35 -22 -41 -28 -24 -18 -22 -29 -29 1924
1925 -33 -33 -23 -25 -30 -34 -29 -18 -13 -17 4 11 -20 -24 -36 -26 -27 -9 1925
1926 20 7 12 -14 -25 -25 -20 -10 -11 -11 -6 -30 -9 -6 13 -9 -18 -9 1926
1927 -28 -20 -38 -32 -25 -27 -15 -19 -5 0 -3 -35 -20 -20 -26 -31 -20 -3 1927
1928 -3 -11 -28 -29 -29 -40 -20 -25 -19 -19 -9 -20 -21 -22 -16 -29 -28 -16 1928
1929 -47 -58 -35 -41 -39 -43 -32 -29 -23 -15 -15 -53 -36 -33 -42 -38 -35 -18 1929
1930 -29 -24 -9 -25 -25 -18 -15 -10 -11 -8 15 -7 -14 -18 -35 -20 -14 -1 1930
1931 -10 -20 -6 -20 -22 -5 1 -1 -7 0 -10 -9 -9 -9 -13 -16 -2 -6 1931
1932 14 -17 -19 -8 -23 -30 -23 -24 -12 -9 -26 -22 -17 -16 -4 -17 -26 -16 1932
1933 -31 -30 -28 -23 -25 -32 -20 -23 -26 -24 -32 -46 -28 -26 -28 -26 -25 -27 1933
1934 -26 -4 -29 -27 -11 -14 -11 -10 -15 -10 -1 -8 -14 -17 -25 -22 -12 -9 1934
1935 -38 11 -14 -35 -26 -23 -19 -17 -17 -7 -28 -20 -19 -18 -11 -25 -19 -17 1935
1936 -29 -40 -25 -20 -16 -19 -6 -11 -5 -3 -4 -2 -15 -16 -30 -20 -12 -4 1936
1937 -8 6 -17 -17 -6 -7 -4 3 14 10 10 -10 -2 -2 -2 -13 -3 11 1937
1938 2 -3 6 5 -7 -17 -8 -4 4 12 3 -23 -3 -1 -3 1 -10 6 1938
1939 -12 -11 -20 -12 -7 -8 -5 -5 0 -3 6 41 -3 -8 -15 -13 -6 1 1939
1940 -14 6 12 16 6 5 10 1 12 8 12 20 8 10 11 11 5 11 1940
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
1941 12 23 5 10 10 4 16 15 3 25 13 14 12 13 18 8 11 13 1941
1942 28 6 11 13 14 11 2 -3 0 7 13 13 10 10 16 13 3 7 1942
1943 0 22 2 14 10 0 15 3 12 31 26 29 14 12 12 9 6 23 1943
1944 42 32 35 26 26 21 22 23 31 28 13 8 26 27 34 29 22 24 1944
1945 15 5 11 24 10 3 8 26 21 22 10 -9 12 13 9 15 12 18 1945
1946 16 6 0 11 -3 -15 -8 -10 -2 -6 -1 -27 -3 -2 4 3 -11 -3 1946
1947 -9 -5 6 5 -6 -3 -4 -8 -14 7 0 -15 -4 -5 -13 2 -5 -2 1947
1948 6 -12 -24 -10 5 -5 -13 -10 -13 -7 -9 -21 -9 -9 -7 -9 -10 -10 1948
1949 10 -16 -2 -8 -11 -26 -13 -9 -9 -3 -8 -16 -9 -10 -9 -7 -16 -7 1949
1950 -28 -27 -8 -21 -12 -8 -10 -19 -11 -19 -34 -19 -18 -18 -24 -14 -12 -21 1950
1951 -34 -43 -20 -10 -2 -8 -2 6 4 10 1 16 -7 -10 -32 -11 -1 5 1951
1952 16 13 -9 2 -5 -4 6 8 8 -3 -16 -2 1 3 15 -4 3 -3 1952
1953 9 17 11 20 10 8 3 9 6 6 -4 5 8 8 8 14 6 2 1953
1954 -27 -10 -12 -18 -20 -15 -16 -12 -7 0 9 -16 -12 -10 -10 -16 -14 1 1954
1955 12 -21 -34 -22 -20 -7 -7 7 -14 -4 -28 -32 -14 -13 -8 -25 -2 -15 1955
1956 -16 -24 -22 -27 -27 -15 -10 -26 -18 -23 -15 -9 -19 -21 -24 -25 -17 -19 1956
1957 -13 -6 -6 -2 7 18 3 18 8 0 8 16 4 2 -9 0 13 5 1957
1958 37 23 9 2 7 -6 3 -7 -5 3 2 0 6 7 25 6 -3 0 1958
1959 6 9 20 17 5 3 5 -1 -5 -9 -9 -2 3 3 5 14 2 -8 1959
1960 -2 14 -35 -17 -9 0 -2 0 4 8 -12 18 -3 -4 3 -20 -1 0 1960
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
1961 7 19 10 15 14 11 -4 -1 5 -1 2 -15 5 8 15 13 2 2 1961
1962 7 15 11 5 -6 5 -3 -3 -2 -4 6 -1 2 1 2 3 0 0 1962
1963 -3 18 -15 -5 -10 2 9 23 19 14 15 -1 6 6 5 -10 11 16 1963
1964 -6 -11 -24 -31 -26 -9 -7 -23 -28 -30 -21 -30 -21 -18 -6 -27 -13 -26 1964
1965 -9 -18 -12 -20 -14 -10 -10 -1 -13 -4 -6 -7 -10 -12 -19 -15 -7 -8 1965
1966 -17 -1 4 -14 -9 2 8 -11 -3 -15 -2 -6 -5 -5 -8 -6 0 -7 1966
1967 -7 -19 4 -6 12 -8 -1 2 -4 7 -6 -2 -2 -3 -11 3 -2 -1 1967
1968 -23 -14 21 -5 -10 -6 -10 -11 -19 11 -4 -14 -7 -6 -13 2 -9 -4 1968
1969 -11 -14 1 18 19 4 -2 3 10 9 11 28 6 3 -13 13 1 10 1969
1970 10 23 8 9 -5 -2 -5 -11 11 4 1 -14 3 6 20 4 -6 6 1970
1971 -3 -21 -19 -10 -7 -18 -13 -3 0 -6 -5 -8 -9 -10 -13 -12 -11 -4 1971
1972 -26 -17 3 -1 -1 4 2 18 4 7 1 18 1 -1 -17 0 8 4 1972
1973 27 31 25 26 26 16 9 2 6 12 5 -7 15 17 25 25 9 8 1973
1974 -14 -28 -5 -10 -1 -5 -3 11 -13 -7 -7 -10 -8 -7 -16 -5 1 -9 1974
1975 8 7 15 6 17 0 -2 -21 -3 -9 -16 -17 -1 -1 1 12 -8 -9 1975
1976 -1 -6 -21 -9 -23 -15 -10 -17 -9 -26 -6 8 -11 -13 -8 -18 -14 -14 1976
1977 17 21 24 26 30 25 23 20 2 5 20 5 18 19 15 27 23 9 1977
1978 8 12 21 14 7 -2 7 -19 6 1 17 11 7 6 8 14 -5 8 1978
1979 15 -7 18 12 6 14 2 14 26 26 29 48 17 14 6 12 10 27 1979
1980 30 42 29 33 34 17 28 26 22 19 28 20 27 30 40 32 24 23 1980
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
1981 55 41 49 31 23 31 35 33 18 14 22 40 33 31 39 35 33 18 1981
1982 9 15 -2 9 15 4 13 9 16 13 13 43 13 13 21 7 8 14 1982
1983 52 40 42 30 36 18 15 31 38 16 31 17 31 33 45 36 22 28 1983
1984 31 17 29 10 34 5 15 15 19 15 3 -6 15 17 22 24 12 12 1984
1985 21 -5 16 10 17 16 1 14 15 13 9 16 12 10 3 14 10 12 1985
1986 30 38 29 25 26 13 13 11 1 14 10 15 19 19 28 27 13 9 1986
1987 35 46 16 26 25 35 46 27 39 32 25 48 33 31 32 22 36 32 1987
1988 57 41 49 44 44 41 34 44 40 37 11 33 40 41 49 45 40 29 1988
1989 16 35 36 33 17 14 32 35 37 33 19 36 29 28 28 29 27 29 1989
1990 39 40 76 54 45 37 43 30 29 42 45 41 43 43 39 58 36 39 1990
1991 42 50 35 52 39 54 51 42 49 31 31 33 42 43 44 42 49 37 1991
1992 45 42 46 23 32 24 13 9 0 10 4 22 23 23 40 34 15 4 1992
1993 37 38 36 27 26 23 26 14 10 22 7 19 24 24 32 30 21 13 1993
1994 31 3 26 40 28 41 31 22 33 42 45 36 31 30 18 31 31 40 1994
1995 51 78 45 46 28 44 49 48 34 48 44 30 45 46 55 40 47 42 1995
1996 27 49 34 36 29 26 35 49 26 20 41 40 34 33 35 33 37 29 1996
1997 32 37 50 37 38 53 36 41 55 64 65 59 47 46 36 42 43 61 1997
1998 61 88 62 63 70 77 70 68 45 46 49 57 63 63 69 65 72 47 1998
1999 48 67 33 34 32 37 41 34 43 42 40 47 41 42 57 33 38 42 1999
2000 26 59 59 59 39 43 41 42 43 28 33 30 42 43 44 52 42 35 2000
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
2001 44 46 57 52 58 54 59 49 55 51 70 54 54 52 40 56 54 58 2001
2002 74 75 90 58 64 54 60 54 63 56 58 41 62 63 68 71 56 59 2002
2003 72 54 56 54 62 48 54 65 66 75 54 73 61 58 56 57 56 65 2003
2004 57 69 65 62 41 42 26 44 52 65 71 51 54 56 66 56 38 63 2004
2005 71 57 69 68 63 65 65 62 76 79 74 66 68 67 60 67 64 76 2005
2006 55 70 63 48 46 63 54 70 63 69 72 77 63 62 64 52 63 68 2006
2007 95 68 69 74 68 57 61 60 63 60 56 48 65 67 80 70 59 60 2007
2008 25 34 73 52 50 46 59 44 63 66 66 53 53 52 36 59 50 65 2008
2009 60 53 52 60 63 66 72 67 69 64 77 64 64 63 56 58 68 70 2009
2010 73 78 92 87 74 64 61 64 61 70 79 48 71 72 72 84 63 70 2010
2011 50 50 63 65 53 58 73 72 55 65 55 52 59 59 49 60 68 59 2011
2012 45 48 57 68 76 61 56 63 74 78 73 51 62 63 48 67 60 75 2012
2013 66 55 64 52 61 65 58 65 76 69 80 66 65 63 57 59 63 75 2013
2014 73 50 77 78 85 65 57 81 89 85 68 78 74 73 63 80 68 81 2014
2015 81 86 89 73 78 77 72 77 82 106 102 111 86 83 82 80 75 97 2015
2016 113 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *** **** **** **** **** 2016
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J-D D-N DJF MAM JJA SON Year
Divide by 100 to get changes in degrees Celsius (deg-C).
Multiply that result by 1.8(=9/5) to get changes in degrees Fahrenheit (deg-F).
Example -- Table Value : 40
change : 0.40 deg-C or 0.72 deg-F
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.