UAH Global Temperature Update for June, 2012: +0.37 deg. C
By Dr. Roy Spencer
The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for June (+0.37 °C) was up from May 2012 (+0.29 °C). Click on the image for the super-sized version:
The 4th order polynomial fit to the data (courtesy of Excel) is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be construed as having any predictive value whatsoever.
Here are the monthly stats:
YR MON GLOBAL NH SH TROPICS
2011 01 -0.010 -0.055 +0.036 -0.372
2011 02 -0.020 -0.042 +0.002 -0.348
2011 03 -0.101 -0.073 -0.128 -0.342
2011 04 +0.117 +0.195 +0.039 -0.229
2011 05 +0.133 +0.145 +0.121 -0.043
2011 06 +0.315 +0.379 +0.250 +0.233
2011 07 +0.374 +0.344 +0.404 +0.204
2011 08 +0.327 +0.321 +0.332 +0.155
2011 09 +0.289 +0.304 +0.274 +0.178
2011 10 +0.116 +0.169 +0.062 -0.054
2011 11 +0.123 +0.075 +0.170 +0.024
2011 12 +0.126 +0.197 +0.055 +0.041
2012 1 -0.089 -0.058 -0.120 -0.137
2012 2 -0.111 -0.014 -0.209 -0.276
2012 3 +0.111 +0.129 +0.094 -0.106
2012 4 +0.299 +0.413 +0.185 -0.117
2012 5 +0.292 +0.444 +0.141 +0.033
2012 6 +0.369 +0.540 +0.199 +0.140
As a reminder, the most common reason for large month-to-month swings in global average temperature is small fluctuations in the rate of convective overturning of the troposphere, discussed here.
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I have to update the WUWT sidebar widget manually, since the fetching code has failed on it…I’ll do that tonight.
Henry;
All the African light heats your skin. The IR portion merely heats; the shorter wave stuff heats and illuminates, because it is more energetic and can do two things at once.
Brian says
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/06/uah-global-temperature-for-june-2012-up-slightly/#comment-1032933
Henry says
That is true. You found an error somewhere, from me?
Be careful, here, though: when humidity is high, one tends to think that the sun is not so “hot”
and that is when the UV really hits you but you only realize you are burnt when it is too late.
Henry;
speaking of UV, it seems that melanin (dark skin) reflects UV strongly. Black African skin is thus white or silvery in UV illumination, whereas pale white skin absorbs UV, and hence appears black.
Very ironic/interesting, no?
Henry@Brian
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True. I think man is able to adapt to climate conditions. I am busy painting my roof now, when the sun is at its least intensity (winter in the SH)
What did you think of my apparent discovery of a 50 year cooling and a 50 year warming cycle?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/12/moncktons-reply-to-eos-on-climate-denial/#comment-1036369
Any and every cycle found slashes away at the supposed CO2-dominance meme. Though I’ve actually encountered the defense that they all ended when CO2 took over in the ’50s!!