The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 17th November 2016
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breaking news
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/2016-headed-for-hottest-year-on-record/news-story/4e5dc0f06edae95c3092dbe1c48b9be5
2016 headed for hottest year on record
November 15, 20168:02am
Australian Associated Press
IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE
* 2016 set to be hottest year on record, the World Meterological Organisation reports.
* Final six weeks of the year would have to be the coldest of the 21st century for the 2016 average temperature to drop below 2015.
* January-September global temperature 0.88 degrees above long-term average.
* 0.11 degrees above the record set in 2015.
* 1.2 degrees about pre-industrial temperature levels.
* 2016 temperatures boosted by very strong El Nino event.
* Northern and eastern Australia one degree or more above average
* Almost entire northern hemisphere, north of the tropics, was at least one degree above average.