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Related: About this forumOctober was the 344th consecutive month of above average global temperatures
Globe had very warm October; year is 7th-warmest so far
The global temperature in October was 1.13 degrees F above the average of 57.1 degrees F.
It also marked the 344th consecutive month (more than 28 years) that the Earth had an above-average global temperature.
Most areas of the world's land surface experienced warmer-than-average monthly temperatures, with the most notable warmth across Alaska, northwestern Canada, northwestern Africa, and parts of north central and southern Asia, the climate center reported.
For the year-to-date, the global temperature was the seventh-warmest such period on record, with a combined global land and ocean average surface temperature that was 1.08 degrees F above the average of 57.4 degrees F.
The global temperature in October was 1.13 degrees F above the average of 57.1 degrees F.
It also marked the 344th consecutive month (more than 28 years) that the Earth had an above-average global temperature.
Most areas of the world's land surface experienced warmer-than-average monthly temperatures, with the most notable warmth across Alaska, northwestern Canada, northwestern Africa, and parts of north central and southern Asia, the climate center reported.
For the year-to-date, the global temperature was the seventh-warmest such period on record, with a combined global land and ocean average surface temperature that was 1.08 degrees F above the average of 57.4 degrees F.
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October was the 344th consecutive month of above average global temperatures (Original Post)
GliderGuider
Nov 2013
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eppur_se_muova
(36,260 posts)1. But it's cyclical, right ?
pscot
(21,024 posts)2. Whoa! Are we on a roll?
Nihil
(13,508 posts)3. It also marked the 344th consecutive month that the Earth had an above-average global temperature.
More than 28 years since the Earth had an average or below average global temperature.
When you take that "1.08 degF" excess in total isolation, it doesn't sound so bad.
When you consider the scale of the energy systems involved here - i.e., that we're not talking
about some kid having a mild fever but instead that the entire land & ocean surface of the globe,
the tptal area of the planet, has increased in temperature - that is so frightening that I'm not surprised
so many people just put their hands over their eyes and pretend that the problem will go away.
When you take that "1.08 degF" excess in total isolation, it doesn't sound so bad.
When you consider the scale of the energy systems involved here - i.e., that we're not talking
about some kid having a mild fever but instead that the entire land & ocean surface of the globe,
the tptal area of the planet, has increased in temperature - that is so frightening that I'm not surprised
so many people just put their hands over their eyes and pretend that the problem will go away.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)4. Most people can't understand the scale of the energy involved.
Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:21 AM - Edit history (1)
When I tell them it's the same as detonating four Hiroshima bombs every second of every day of every week of every month of every year of every decade, well they look at me as if I had suddenly sprouted a second head.
Then they ask "Well, if that's true why aren't we all dead?"
To which I answer, "We are, we just don't realize it yet."
It's odd how nobody wants to think of themselves as a headless chicken scurrying aimlessly around the barnyard before collapsing into the dirt.
That's 5 seconds' worth...