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NOAA/NASA

January 15, 2013

2012 Global Temperatures

Thomas R. KarlDirector, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center

James E. HansenDirector, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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2012 Annual TemperatureNASA NOAA

Anomaly (1951-80 base period): 0.53°CAnomaly (20th Century average): 0.57°C

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December 2011 – February 2012NASA NOAA

Anomaly (1951-80 base period): 0.38°CAnomaly (20th Century average): 0.41°C

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March – May 2012NASA NOAA

Anomaly (1951-80 base period): 0.56°CAnomaly (20th Century average): 0.61°C

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June – August 2012NASA NOAA

Anomaly (1951-80 base period): 0.58°CAnomaly (20th Century average): 0.64°C

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September – November 2012NASA NOAA

Anomaly (1951-80 base period): 0.62°CAnomaly (20th Century average): 0.66°C

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Northern Hemisphere Land Summer Temperature Anomalies

NASAAll Stations

Limited Stations

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Warmest Year on Record for the Continental U.S.

• 3.25F above 20th Century average

1917: 50.11F

1903: 50.74F1924: 50.63F

1895: 50.54F1912: 50.34F

1999: 53.93F

2012: 55.32F1998: 54.32F

1934: 54.13F2006: 54.30F

NOAA

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U.S. Drought of 2012

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Karl et al, 2012 EOSFrom MODIS data.Courtesy of I. Becker-Reshef, E. Vermote, M. Claverie and C. Justice, University of Maryland.

Illinois

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NOAA/NASA

Thomas R. KarlDirector, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center

January 15, 2013

Thank you

James E. HansenDirector, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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