Last month was the second warmest September on record

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091015_sepglobalstats.html

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the second warmest September on record, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.

NCDC scientists also reported that the average land surface temperature for September was the second warmest on record, behind 2005. Additionally, the global ocean surface temperature was tied for the fifth warmest on record for September.

•The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.12 degrees F above the 20th century average of 59.0 degrees F. Separately the global land surface temperature was 1.75 degrees F above the 20th century average of 53.6 degrees F.

•Warmer-than-average temperatures engulfed most of the world’s land areas during the month. The greatest warmth occurred across Canada and the northern and western contiguous United States. Warmer-than-normal conditions also prevailed across Europe, most of Asia and Australia.

•The worldwide ocean temperature tied with 2004 as the fifth warmest September on record, 0.90 degree F above the 20th century average of 61.1 degrees F. The near-Antarctic southern ocean and the Gulf of Alaska featured notable cooler-than-average temperatures

October has been pretty warm too.

It has been much colder than normal here for the last 6 weeks.

It was sunny for most of September though, and for Cleveland that is unusual.

I remember some scorching late summed days when I was a kid in schools without AC...

I am sure.

We came from a much sunnier, warmer part of the country and after 10 years still are not acclimated to the cooler summers and dreary days.

I realize all Cleveland natives love the climate.

it was warmer in Yellowstone, we were ther the first 9 days of the month.

yesterday we had a frost advisory.

We may have snow on the pumpkins by Haloween this year.

Not to deny global climate change; I know it's real.

It's just not spread evenly...

nearly daily for over a week now. This is not normal for my region. I'd say the glaciers are coming from what I've been having the last two years for weather.
North Michigan.

more weather extremes and less predictability of weather. The models are broken. Your cold summer fits that.

IMHO the north Atlantic thermohaline current thingie is gonna shut down sooner rather than later and make you look back fondly on warm summers like you just had.

north......or south......

:shrug:

It was over 100 almost every day, and this continued until after October 1st.

Then, it went from 102 one day to barely 70 two days later.

After some cool days it's now hitting the low 90s again.

Fucking hell hole.

:grr:

the past 3 days, lol. Fucking hellhole here, too.

North America is and particularly the United States will experience slightly cooler than normal temperatures as essentially the rest of the globe warms up. Unfortunately, we will then here about how global warming is a flawed theory much longer. And more unfortunately, the one place that needs to really "get it" won't.

Very early for snow in this part of the country.

it will stay for the winter. If not, the snowpack will suck and we will have a much worse drought than usual. And we're in a place not often thought of as having water problems. That may well be changing. I swear, I don't think I've ever felt better about seeing some rain.

and that in 100 years our winters would be like Arkansas. The good news is that our summers will not be as warm as the Arkansas summers, so for WI it is win/win. The bad news is that other areas of the country may be under water. Also, the corn belt is shown to move north and west.

May, June,. July, and August were near record lows. So what do the weather swings indicate?

But, if you look at a graphic representation of the entire planet's temperature deviations from the norm, you'll find that the trend is overwhelmingly hot, and in some cases very hot compared to the average.



This should put some fear into you. It shows 2009 temperature deviations from the 1951 - 1980 average.