November 2016 Now Officially Hottest Global November On Record

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Last month was easily the hottest November on record globally, according to satellite data sets. In fact, satellite data, ground-based weather stations, sea-based buoys, and even weather balloons all reveal a steady long-term warming trend.

Here is the latest data from the RSS satellites. (These are the satellites some climate deniers love to quote, because their data contain errors that low-ball total warming.) This chart looks at every 12-month period ending in November. It starts with December 1979 to November 1980 and ends with December 2015 to November 2016. These data show that not only is November 2016 the hottest on record, but there is an ongoing, annual trend.

These satellites have documented a steady warming of the troposphere (the lower atmosphere). It always bears repeating that the satellites indirectly measure the temperature where we don’t live (the troposphere), so the data need a whole bunch of (easily screwed up) adjustments before it is useful to anyone.

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So, no matter how we look at it, we are warming rapidly. And carbon pollution is the primary cause. In fact, as I’ve written, the best estimate by climate scientists is that humans are responsible for all of the warming we have suffered since 1950.

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https://thinkprogress.org/satellites-hottest-november-on-record-93fa59887f09#.x3h4rfp93

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. We had summer heat for Thanksgiving

running the A/c in the house in Nov. and Dec. is not normal for down here.