JMA - August 2015 Hottest August On Record; .45C Above 1981-2010 Average

[hatrack]

Global temperature records continue to tumble, with August easily the hottest in 124 years of data, Japan's Meteorological Agency says.

Last month, near-surface land and sea temperatures were 0.45 degrees higher than the 1981-2010 average, eclipsing the previous biggest anomaly for August of 0.33 degrees set last year.



The record warmth, if confirmed by other agencies such as NASA, would make August the sixth month so far in 2015 that has set a new heat record. The massive El Nino weather event that continues to build in the Pacific is helping to drive temperatures higher against a background warming caused by climate change, climatologists say.

This year's El Nino is already the strongest event since the biggest on record - which sent worldwide temperatures spiking in 1997-98 - and is expected to continue to intensify.

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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/paris-2015-august-smashes-global-heat-record-as-giant-el-nino-builds-20150914-gjmp0j.html

[daleanime]

1. kick, kick, kick.....

[pscot]

2. That's an interesting graph

Taken as a whole it shows what looks like a pattern of heating and cooling superimposed on the upward trend. Skeptics like Bill Gray focus on the apparent cycle and argue we're about to cool down again. They don't see the trend. Maybe they don't want to. Maybe they're rewarded for not seeing it. In that case they become useful idiots for the energy oligarchs. Or paid hacks.