NOAA: Global temperatures for February 2012 above average for 20th Century

Posted by Craig Clarke 
on Apr 7, 2012
 

In its State of the Climate Report, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that February 2012 marked the 324th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. The last month with below average temperatures was February 1985.

The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for February 2012 was the 22nd warmest in the 133-year period of record and coolest since 2008, at 12.47°C, which is 0.37°C above the 20th century average of 12.1°C. The margin of error associated with this temperature is ± 0.11°C.
Warmer-than-average conditions occurred across nearly all of Canada and Alaska, the eastern half of the United States, southern Greenland, and north central Russia. Cooler-than-average regions included northeastern Africa, most of Europe and central Asia, and much of Australia. 
 

 

 
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