Signal: record highs outpacing record lows
SSTanomaliesFeb2011

Record high sea surface temps outnumber record lows 4:1 in February 2011

by on 10. Mar, 2011 in Uncategorized

Data released by the Met Office Hadley Center in March reveal that new record high monthly sea surface temperatures observed around the globe outnumbered new record lows by a ratio of four to one in the month of February, 2011. There were 38 new record highs recorded and 10 new record lows in the HadSST2 [...]

SSTanomaliesAsGammaJan2011

Record high ocean temps in January outnumber record lows 8:1

by on 07. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

Map of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to 1961-1990) expressed as percentiles of a modified 2-parameter gamma distribution. The black crosses and dashes indicate that a pixel is, respectively, the warmest or coldest example of that calendar month in the record. Coloured areas are significantly warm (orange and red) or cool (blue and magenta).

SSTDec2010

New record high ocean temps outnumber record lows 4:1 in December 2010

by on 03. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized