The US' National Centers for Environmental Information, a branch of NOAA, Friday issued its monthly global climate report for October. It's available on an internet page ncdc.noaa.gov. Some highlights of the month, excerpts from the report, are cited below.
unsurprisingly, a well established warming trend remains in place. At the same time a cold temperature trend, much vaunted by climate change deniers and contrarians, remains but a figment of their imagination.
NOAA:
"The October 2020 global land and ocean surface temperature was the fourth highest for October since global records began in 1880 at 0.85°C (1.53°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F).
" Only Octobers of 2015 (+1.03°C / +1.85°F), 2019 (+0.95°C / +1.71°F), and 2018 (+0.93°C / +1.67°F) were warmer.
"The ten warmest Octobers have occurred since 2005, while the seven highest October temperature departures from average have occurred in the last seven years (2014–2020).
"October 2020 also marks the 44th consecutive October and the 430th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th century average.
"The global land-only surface temperature for October was the fifth highest on record at 1.23°C (2.21°F) above average.
" Meanwhile, the global ocean-only surface temperature departure of 0.70°C (1.26°F) tied with 2017 as the fifth highest for October since global records began in 1880."
