[Coral-List] NOAA reports May 2015 was the hottest May on record for globe; Year-to-date also record warm

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Sat Jun 20 23:32:57 EDT 2015 

Temperatures are pretty warm around the world, for a world that is said by
some to have a hiatus in global warming.  Warm enough for May to be the
hottest on record for earth as a whole, and the year to date as well.

There was a relatively small area south of Greenland that was cooler than
usual.  Also a slightly cooler area in the middle of the US for May, and an
area in eastern Canada that was cool for year to date.  I guess some
deniers will claim that proves the world is cooling.  Does appear to be a
fair bit of red on the map, though.
     Cheers,  Doug




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*NOAA: May 2015 was warmest May on record for globe*
*March-May and year-to-date also record warm*

*Contact*
Katy Matthews, Katy.Matthews at noaa.gov, 828-257-3136
June 18, 2015
The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for May 2015
was the highest for the month of May since record keeping began in 1880.
March-May and the year-to-date (January-May) globally averaged temperature
were also record warm.

With this report and data release, NOAA's National Centers for
Environmental Information
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see http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2015/5/supplemental/page-1/
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*Selected significant climate anomalies and events: May 2015 (Credit: NOAA)*
*May 2015*

   - The May average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was
   1.57°F (0.87°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for
   May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record set last year
   in 2014 by 0.14°F (0.08°C).
   - The May globally-averaged land surface temperature was 2.30°F (1.28°C)
   above the 20thcentury average. This tied with 2012 as the highest for
   May in the 1880-2015 record.
   - The May globally-averaged sea surface temperature was 1.30°F (0.72°C)
   above the 20thcentury average. This was also the highest for May in the
   1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record set last year in 2014 by
   0.13°F (0.07°C).
   - The average Arctic sea ice extent for May was 730,000 square miles
   (5.5 percent) below the 1981-2010 average and 27,000 square miles larger
   than the smallest sea ice extent on record that occurred in May 2004. This
   was the third smallest May extent since records began in 1979 according to
   analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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    using data from NOAA and NASA. .
   - Antarctic sea ice during May was 500,000 square miles (12.1 percent)
   above the 1981-2010 average. This was the largest May Antarctic sea ice
   extent on record, surpassing the previous record-large May extent of 2014
   by 20,000 square miles.
   - According to data from NOAA analyzed by the Rutgers Global Snow Lab
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   the Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent during May was 780,000 square
   miles below the 1981-2010 average. This was the sixth smallest May Northern
   Hemisphere snow cover extent in the 49-year period of record. Six of the
   seven lowest May Northern Hemisphere snow cover extents have occurred in
   the past six years. North America had its third smallest May snow cover
   extent, while the Eurasian snow cover extent was the 12th smallest.

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*May 2015 land & ocean temperature percentiles (Credit: NOAA)*
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*Year-to-Date (Jan. - May. 2015) land & ocean temperature percentiles
(Credit: NOAA)*
*March - May 2015*

   - The March-May average temperature across global land and ocean
   surfaces was 1.53°F (0.85°C) above the 20th century average. This was
   the highest for March-May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous
   record of 2010 by 0.07°F (0.04°C).
   - The March-May globally-averaged land surface temperature was 2.39°F
   (1.33°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for
   March-May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record of 2010
   by 0.04°F (0.02°C).
   - The March-May globally-averaged sea surface temperature was 1.19°F
   (0.66°C) above the 20th century average. This was also the highest for
   March-May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record of 2010
   by 0.07°F (0.04°C).
   - According to data from the Rutgers Global Snow Lab, the Northern
   Hemisphere snow cover extent during March-May (spring) was 50,000 square
   miles below the 1981-2010 average. This was the 22nd smallest March-May
   Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent in the 49-year period of
record.  Eurasia
   had a slightly larger-than-average March-May snow cover extent, while
   North America had its 15th smallest.


*Year-to-date (January - May 2015)*

   - The year-to-date temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was
   1.53°F (0.85°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for
   January-May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record set in
   2010 by 0.16°F (0.09°C).
   - The year-to-date globally-averaged land surface temperature was 2.56°F
   (1.42°C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for
   January-May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record of 2007
   by 0.09°F (0.05°C).
   - The year-to-date globally-averaged sea surface temperature was 1.13°F
   (0.63°C) above the 20th century average. This was also the highest for
   January-May in the 1880-2015 record, surpassing the previous record of 2010
   by 0.02°F (0.01°C).

A more complete summary of climate conditions and events can be found at:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2015/5
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Much-touted global warming pause never happened.

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http://www.livescience.com/51094-no-global-warming-hiatus-found.html

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