Hier noch die "Nachlese" zur globalen Situation im Februar 2016:
Dank eines sehr ausgeprägten El-Niños und des ungebrochenen Trends zur globalen Erwärmung durch industrielle Emissionen ergab sich:
"The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for February 2016 was the highest for February in the 137-year period of record, at 1.21°C (2.18°F) above the 20th century average of 12.1°C (53.9°F). This not only was the highest for February in the 1880–2016 record—surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.33°C / 0.59°F—but it surpassed the all-time monthly record set just two months ago in December 2015 by 0.09°C (0.16°F). Overall, the six highest monthly temperature departures in the record have all occurred in the past six months. February 2016 also marks the 10th consecutive month a monthly global temperature record has been broken."
Also der wärmste Februar seit 137 Jahren.
Der Monat mit der höchsten Abweichung über dem langjährigen Mittel des betreffenden Monats.
Der 10. Monat in Folge, in dem jeweils der Temperaturrekord des betreffenden Monats gebrochen wurde.
Und die 6 Monate, in denen die höchsten Abweichungen vom jeweiligen langjährigen Monatsmittel auftraten, waren die letzten 6 Monate.
Was nur die Landtemperatur angeht:
The average global temperature across land surfaces was 2.31°C (4.16°F) above the 20th century average of 3.2°C (37.8°F), the highest February temperature on record, surpassing the previous records set in 1998 and 2015 by 0.63°C (1.13°F) and surpassing the all-time single-month record set in March 2008 by 0.43°C (0.77°F).
Ebenfalls die höchste je gemessene in einem Februar, höher als 2015 und 1998, und die höchste je gemessene positive Abweichung, die je gemessen wurde.
Nur die Ozeane betrachtet:
"For the oceans, the February globally-averaged sea surface temperature was 0.81°C (1.46°F) above the 20th century average of 15.9°C (60.6°F). This was the highest for February on record, surpassing the previous records set in 1998 and 2015 by 0.36°C (0.20°F), and was the sixth highest departure from average among all 1,646 months in the record. The nine highest monthly global ocean temperature departures have all occurred in the past nine months (since July 2015)."
Also ebenfalls Rekord.
Auch der 3-Monatszeitraum Dez 2015 - Feb 2016 hat einen Rekordwert der Temperatur:
"The December–February seasonal global temperature was 1.13°C (2.03°F) above the 20th century average of 12.1°C (53.8°F). This was the highest for December–February in the 1880–2016 record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.29°C (0.52°F). "
(Quelle)