2010- Warmest Year Ever, 0.7°C over 20th century average

The year 2010 is turning out to be the warmest ever in recorded history, with the first four months reporting an average temperature of 13.3°C which is 0.69°C above the 20th century average.

          

                       The combined global land and ocean surface temperatures for the period between January and April was the warmest on record, and April was
the warmest individual month ever, America`s climate agency has said in its latest report. The combined April global land and ocean average surface temperature was the warmest on record at 14.5°C.

            

                       This is 0.76°C above the 20th century average of 13.7°C, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), said. Atmospheric The earth`s temperature for January- April at 13.3°C, is 0.69°C above the 20th century average, it said. While the global ocean surface temperature was 0.57°C above the 20th century average of 16°C and the warmest on record for April, the global land temperature was 1.29°C above the 20th century average of 8.1°C, the third warmest on record for April.

           

                       Warmer-than-normal conditions dominated the globe, with the most prominent warmth in Canada, Alaska, eastern US, Australia, South Asia, northern Africa and northern Russia.