Temporal & Spatial Thermal Response to Heat Input, Transfer & Retention in the Climate System

The thermal responses of different regions are analysed as a means to understand why spatial and temporal changes in ToA solar EMR drive temperature trends.

UAH Global Temperature Update for March, 2024: +0.95 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for March, 2024 was +0.95 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, up slightly from the February, 2024 anomaly of…

UAH Global Temperature Update for February, 2024: +0.93 deg. C

The linear warming trend since January, 1979 remains at +0.15 C/decade (+0.13 C/decade over the global-averaged oceans, and +0.20 C/decade over global-averaged land).

UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2024: +0.86 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for January, 2024 was +0.86 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, up slightly from the December, 2023 anomaly of…

UAH Global Temperature Update for December, 2023: +0.83 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for December, 2023 was +0.83 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, down from the November, 2023 anomaly of +0.91…

UAH Global Temperature Update for November, 2023: +0.91 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for November, 2023 was +0.91 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, statistically unchanged from the October, 2023 anomaly of…

UAH Global Temperature Update for October, 2023: +0.93 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for October, 2023 was +0.93 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean.

Applying Scale and Context to 2023’s “Record” High Temperatures

Guest “geological scale and context” by David Middleton, 2023 has been a hot year… We have the makings of a super-El Niño and an unprecedented injection of water vapor into…

UAH Global Temperature Update for September, 2023: +0.90 deg. C

With the approaching El Nino superimposed upon a long-term warming trend, many high temperature records were established in September, 2023.

UAH Global Temperature Update for August, 2023: +0.69 deg. C

This is a little above the July 2023 anomaly of +0.64 deg. C.

UAH Global Temperature Update for June, 2023: +0.38 deg. C

This is statistically unchanged from the May 2023 anomaly of +0.37 deg. C.

UAH Global Temperature Update for May, 2023: +0.37 deg. C

This is up from the April 2023 anomaly of +0.18 deg. C

Is Warming Accelerating in the Troposphere?

…the new NOAA data do not support a claim that warming in the troposphere has undergone a statistically-significant change in trend.

Latest Global Temp. Anomaly (March ’23: +0.20°C)UAH Global Temperature Update for March, 2023: +0.20 deg. C

The linear warming trend since January, 1979 remains at +0.13 C/decade (+0.11 C/decade over the global-averaged oceans, and +0.18 C/decade over global-averaged land).

UAH Global Temperature Update for February, 2023: +0.08 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for February 2023 was +0.08 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean. This is up from the January 2023 anomaly…

UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2023: -0.04 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for January 2023 was -0.04 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean.

UAH – What is Foretold

What is apparent is that the detrended temperature anomaly distribution is nearly symmetrical.

UAH Global Temperature Update for November 2022: +0.17 deg. C

The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for November 2022 was +0.17 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean.

The New Pause Lengthens to 8 Years

The New Pause, having paused a month ago, has now lengthened again: this time to exactly eight years.

UAH Global Temperature Update for August, 2022: +0.28 deg. C

The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for August, 2022 was +0.28 deg. C, down from the July, 2022 value of +0.36 deg. C.

The New Pause lengthens to 7 years 11 months

The New Pause, notwithstanding the much-publicized heatwaves in Britain and some other countries, has lengthened by another month to 7 years 11 months.

UAH Global Temperature Update for July, 2022: +0.36 deg. C

The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for July, 2022 was +0.36 deg. C, up from the June, 2022 value of +0.06 deg. C.

The New Pause Lengthens to 7 Years 10 Months

and it has lengthened from 7 years 7 months to the end of April 2022. To the end of June 2022, the New Pause is now 7 years 10 months…

UAH Global Temperature Update for May, 2022: +0.17 deg. C

The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for May, 2022 was +0.17 deg. C, down from the April, 2022 value of +0.26 deg. C.