WARMEST OCTOBER RECORDED SINCE 1880
The global average for land temperatures in October were the warmest since records began in 1880, reports the
NCDC/NOAA website. The average for land was up 1.12 degrees Celsius on the 1961-1990 base average.
The global average for land plus ocean was the second warmest on record. For land in the southern hemisphere it was the second warmest, for land in the northern hemisphere it was the third hemisphere.
The stratosphere, which trends downward as the surface trends upward, recorded the 3rd coolest temperature.