The world sweltered through a November that ranked as the fourth-warmest November in 142 years of climate records.
The Northern Hemisphere saw its warmest land temperatures on record for meteorological autumn, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Here’s more from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the numbers: November 2021
The average global land and ocean surface temperature for November 2021 was 1.64 degrees F (0.91 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 55.2 degrees F (12.9 degrees C). This was the fourth-warmest November on record — behind 2015 (warmest), 2020 and 2019. The world’s 10-warmest Novembers have all occurred since 2004.
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