» Global Temperature for November Fourth Warmest on Record
The NOAA just released the climate report for the month of November - doesn’t look so good…
- For November alone, the month is fourth warmest all-time globally, for the combined land and ocean surface temperature. The early assessment is based on records dating back to 1880.
Also…
- Arctic sea ice extent in 2008 reached its second lowest melt season extent on record in September.
- The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most costly on record in current dollars, after 2005 and 2004, and the fourth most active year since 1944. This was the first season with a major hurricane (Category 3 or above) each month from July through November.
- The United States recorded a preliminary total of just under 1,700 tornadoes from January - November. This ranks 2008 second behind 2004 for the most tornadoes in a year, since reliable records began in 1953.
