December-February also breaks existing temperature records
December-February also breaks existing temperature records
![February 2016 global temperature departure from average with respect to a 1981-2010 base period (Image credit: NOAA NCEI) February 2016 global temperature departure from average with respect to a 1981-2010 base period](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/IMAGE-Feb-land-ocean%20temp%20depart%20fromm%20avg-031716-1120x534-landscape.jpg?itok=-mLewZ4Y)
February 2016 global temperature departure from average with respect to a 1981-2010 base period (Image credit: NOAA NCEI)