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This October Was the Hottest Ever Measured (scienceblogs.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-getting-hot-in-here dept.

GregLaden writes: Scientists track the global surface temperature, an average of readings from thermometers at approximately head height, and an estimate of sea surface temperatures, in order to track global warming. Over the last year or so we have been seeing many record-breaking months. Now, both the Japan Meteorological Agency and NASA have identified October as an extraordinary month. October 2016 is significantly warmer than any other in the NASA record, which goes back to 1880.

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  1. Back to the future.. by malkavian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nice to know that next year will be even warmer.. I've been enjoying the warm October we've had here in 2015..

    1. Re:Back to the future.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      October 2016 is so hot that the heat has flowed back through time to make the scientists start sweating it today.

  2. Re:Early release? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    W\hen failure is not an option, its perfectly logical to release the information beforehand.

  3. Re:NASA ignoring satellite measurements... by CaptainLard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lottery Commission: "Congratulations! You just won our largest ever estimated jackpot! $539M is greater than the next biggest jackpot by 0.08% +/- $2k! We'll know for sure in 2 weeks."
    You: "Yawn. I only deal in absolutes and percentages greater than (some moving target)% and spend all my time pointing out anything less than perfect information delivered by time travelers from the future. As you can imagine the internet keeps me too busy to deal with that worthless jackpot."