Monitoring the Global Climate - Monthly Temperature Anomalies, February 2010
| The globe continues to exhibit well
above normal temperatures despite the recent cool weather in our part of the world. Globe: February 2010 = 6th Warmest on record (based on 131 years of data, 1880-2010) Oceans only: February 2010 = 2nd warmest on record (based on 131 years of data, 1880-2010) Southern Hemisphere: February 2010 = Warmest on record (based on 131 years of data, 1880-2010) A summary is located below the global map. |
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FEBRUARY 2010: Global Highlights (From
the National Climatic Data Center)
The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for February 2010 was 0.60°C (1.08°F) above the 20th century average of 12.1°C (53.9°F). This is the sixth warmest such value on record.
The worldwide ocean surface temperature for February 2010 was the second warmest on record for February, 0.54°C (0.97°F) above the 20th century average of 15.9°C (60.6°F).
In the Southern Hemisphere, both the February 2010 average temperature for land areas and the Hemisphere as a whole (land and ocean surface combined), represented the warmest February on record. The Southern Hemisphere ocean temperature tied with 1998 as the warmest February on record.
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