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Climate of 2000 - November
Global Analysis
National Climatic Data Center, 19 December 2000

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Climate of 2000: November
Climate of 2000: September - November
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Global Temperature

As shown in the above figure, global surface temperatures was above the long term average in November. The combined land and ocean temperature anomaly was +0.34C above the 1880-1999 long-term mean, which was the 10th warmest. The ocean temperatures were +0.35C warmer than average and tied for 6th warmest. The land anomaly, while above average, was the coolest since 1993 and tied for 24th warmest.

The spatial distribution of land surface temperature departures from normal (November 2000 minus the 1961-1990 averages) for areas with reporting stations available at the time of this report are shown in the adjacent plot. Below average temperatures (blue dots) were recorded throughout much of central North America, Siberia, and eastern China. Above average temperatures (red dots) occurred in most of central and eastern Europe, Alaska and Canada. Below average temperatures were recorded in the southern Hemisphere across parts of southern South America and northern Australia. Above average temperatures were recorded over parts of central South America and southern Australia.

Global Temperature Anomalies, November 2000

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The largest positive and negative anomalies were noted in several areas across the globe. Temperatures in excess of 4C above average covered most of Alaska, Canada and western and central Europe. Temperature anomalies in excess of 4C below average were observed over the western and central portion of the U.S., and central Siberia.

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Global Lower Tropospheric Anomalies, November 2000

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Data collected by NOAA's TIROS-N polar-orbiting satellites and adjusted for time-dependent biases by NASA and the Global Hydrology and Climate Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville indicate that global temperatures in the lower half of the atmosphere (lowest 8 km) were the 11th coolest on record for November. The average lower tropospheric global temperature during November 2000 was -0.025° C above the 1979-1998 long-term mean.

Global Precipitation

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As shown in the figure to the left, precipitation was above average throughout many areas of the world. In the Eastern Hemisphere, wetter than average conditions covered much of Europe and the Mediterranean, Indonesia and eastern China and Taiwan. Much above average precipitation also fell throughout parts of eastern Australia The above average precipitaton led to serious flooding and loss of life across Indonesia and Taiwan during the month. On the "Big Island", Hilo, Hawaii on the east coast of Hawaii, reported 27.24 inches of rain in a 24 hour period during the month with localized flooding.

Below average precipitation fell across parts western Asia near the Black Sea, Russia, and parts of interior southeast Asia. It was drier than normal across the east and west coasts of the United States and across portions of south Florida and the Caribbean.

References:

Peterson, T.C. and R.S. Vose, 1997: An Overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network Database. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 78, 2837-2849.

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