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Global Long-term Mean Land and Sea Surface Temperatures
7 May 2001
Global Long-term Mean Land and Sea Surface Temperatures

	  Matt Menne
	 March 15, 2000

Global Mean Monthly Surface Temperature Estimates for the Base Period 1880 to 2000

Land Surface Mean Temp. 
	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Annual 
1880 to 2000 (°C)	2.7	3.1	4.9	8.1	11.1	13.3	14.3	13.8	12.0	9.3	5.9	3.6	8.5 
1880 to 2000 (°F)	36.8	37.6	40.8	46.6	51.9	55.9	57.8	56.9	53.6	48.7	42.6	38.6	47.3 
Sea Surface Mean Temp.	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Annual 
1880 to 2000 (°C)	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.3	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.2	15.9	15.8	15.7	16.1 
1880 to 2000 (°F)	60.5	60.6	60.7	60.9	61.3	61.5	61.5	61.4	61.1	60.7	60.4	60.3	60.9 
Combined Mean Surface Temp. 
	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Annual
1880 to 2000 (°C)	12.0	12.2	12.7	13.7	14.8	15.5	15.8	15.6	15.0	14.0	12.9	12.2	13.9 
1880 to 2000 (°F)	53.6	53.9	54.9	56.7	58.6	59.9	60.4	60.1	58.9	57.2	55.2	54.0	56.9 
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