The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for November 2015 was the highest for that month in the 136-year period of record, at 0.97°C (1.75°F) above the 20th century average of 12.9°C (55.2°F).
This topped the previous record of 2013 by 0.15°C (0.27°F). It also marks the seventh consecutive month that a monthly global temperature record has been broken.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia observed its second warmest spring since national records began in 1910, at 1.65°C (2.97°F) above the 1961–1990 average. This is just 0.02°C (0.04°F) shy of the record set last year.
The average minimum temperature for the month was the second highest on record, while the average maximum temperature was third highest.
The states of Victoria and Western Australia each had their record warmest spring.
Among all states and territories, only the Northern Territory's November temperature did not rank among its 10 warmest on record, although its minimum temperature was eighth highest.
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| November 2015 blended land and sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius. Credit: NOAA. |
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| November 2015 blended land and sea surface temperature percentiles. Credit: NOAA. |
The September–November seasonal temperature was 0.96°C (1.73°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F). This marks the highest departure from average for the season in the 136-year period of record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.21°C (0.38°F).
The globally-averaged temperature across land surfaces was also the highest on record for September–November, at 1.27°C (2.29°F) above the 20th century average of 9.1°C (48.3°F).
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The globally-averaged temperature across land surfaces was also the highest on record for September–November, at 1.27°C (2.29°F) above the 20th century average of 9.1°C (48.3°F).
Most of the Americas from Mexico through the northern half of South America were record warm, as were scattered regions across Africa, southern and southeastern Asia, and southern Australia, as shown by the Land & Ocean Temperature Percentiles map above.
Southern South America and parts of central Asia were near to cooler than average. No land areas observed record cold temperatures for the September–November period.
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