Not an abnormally warm year to date except perhaps in the Arctic.
YEARMO GLOBE NHEM. SHEM. TROPIC USA48 ARCTIC AUST 2021Jan +0.12 +0.34 -0.09 -0.08 +0.36 +0.50 -0.52 2021Feb +0.20 +0.32 +0.08 -0.14 -0.65 +0.07 -0.27 2021Mar -0.01 +0.13 -0.14 -0.29 +0.59 -0.78 -0.79 2021Apr -0.05 +0.05 -0.15 -0.28 -0.02 +0.02 +0.29 2021May +0.08 +0.14 +0.03 +0.06 -0.41 -0.04 +0.02 2021Jun -0.01 +0.31 -0.32 -0.14 +1.44 +0.63 -0.76 2021Jul +0.20 +0.33 +0.07 +0.13 +0.58 +0.43 +0.80 2021Aug +0.17 +0.27 +0.08 +0.07 +0.33 +0.83 -0.02
Source, and what is the baseline? Is this from UAH where they measure everything against a very recent period, 1991-2020 which is well after the warming started and clearly designed to make the warming look less severe.
Not abnormally warm compared to what, an already warmed world?
You do realise it is a La Nina year which is not supposed to break records?
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