The planet sweated it out again last month, as February 2020 ranked as the second-hottest February in the 141-year global climate record, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
In addition, meteorological winter hardly made an appearance in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, as both Europe and Asia recorded their warmest winters ever.
Globally, both the season (December through February) and the year to date (January through February) ranked second hottest in recorded history.
Here’s more from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the numbers: February 2020
The average global land and ocean surface temperature for February 2020 was 2.11 degrees F (1.17 degrees C) above the 20th-century average and the second-highest on record behind 2016.
Earth’s 10 warmest Februarys have all occurred since 1998.
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