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2020 is shaping up to be among the three warmest years on record, NOAA said.
WHAT? How can this be? How can they say that?
because they measure temperature with thermometers. That's how come.
NOAA:
Year-to-date Temperature: January–October 2020.
"The first ten months of the year were warmer than average across much of the globe. Record warm January–October temperature departures were widespread across northern and southeastern Asia and across parts of Central and South America, Europe, Indian, and parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
"Averaged as a whole, this was the second warmest January–October for global land and ocean, with a temperature departure at 1.0°C (1.8°F) above the 20th century average. This value is only 0.03°C (0.05°F) shy of tying the record set in January–October 2016.
"According to our Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook, the year 2020 is very likely to rank among the three warmest years on record.
"The global land-only January–October 2020 temperature departure of +1.60°C (+2.88°F) tied with 2016 as the highest temperature for January–October on record. The global ocean-only surface temperature was the second highest on record, behind the record set in 2016.
"The Northern Hemisphere land and ocean surface temperature was 1.29°C (2.32°F) above average and the highest on record for the January–October period, exceeding the previous record set in 2019 by 0.02°C (0.04°F). Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere had its fourth warmest such period on record."
