warmest April in recorded history for our planet at 1.11c above 20th century norm

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http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/GLB.Ts+dSST.txt

1.11c for April based on the giss.

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OOOHHH NOOOO!!!

The sky is falling! The sky is falling.

Global Warming Cult nutters must go through life in perpetual fear.

How many record months in a row now whizbrain?

Eleven

Just out of curiosity, when DOES that start making you nervous?

 

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A Song Of Fire And No Ice: We Just Had Our Fourth Record-Breaking Hottest Month In A Row
by Joe Romm May 15, 2016 1:29 pm

A Song Of Fire And No Ice: We Just Had Our Fourth Record-Breaking Hottest Month In A Row

CREDIT: NASA

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A record fire-storm in Canada fueled by record warmth. Record ice-melt in Greenland and the Arctic sea, driven by off-the-charts warmth in the far north. And, NASA reported Friday, we’ve just been through the hottest April and the hottest January-April on record — by far.

Last month smashed the record for hottest April, as this chart of NASA data (via Rahmstorf) shows:

Global mean temperature anomaly (vs 1951-1980 mean), month of April only.



How big a jump was April 2016 compared to the historical record? In an email, Stefan Rahmstorf, Head of Earth System Analysis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, notes that “The margin by which April beats the previous record April is three times larger (0.24 °C) than the margin of any previous record April (biggest was 0.08 °C).”

Also, this has easily been the hottest January-April on record, which isn’t a surprise given that last month’s record was hot on the heels of the hottest March on record by far, which followed the hottest February on record by far, and hottest January on record by far.

Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, points out on twitter that there is a pattern between how hot Jan-April is and how hot the full year is. He notes that if this pattern holds, then there is a greater than 99% chance that 2016 will be the hottest year on record. (Note: The chart below uses a different temperature scale than the previous chart: It compares recent temperatures to the preindustrial average rather than 1950 to 1981).

 

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With Apr update, 2016 still > 99% likely to be a new record (assuming historical ytd/ann patterns valid).

2:40 PM - 14 May 2016

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With the likely cold neutral or nina forming...I'd honestly say it is closer to 80%.