Febuary Temperatures Highest on Record

• The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for February 2013 tied with 2003 as the ninth warmest on record, at 0.57°C (1.03°F) above the 20^th century average of 12.1°C (53.9°F).
  
• The global land surface temperature was 1.00°C (1.80°F) above the 20^th century average of 3.2°C (37.8°F), tying with 2010 as the 11^th warmest February on record. For the ocean, the February global sea surface temperature was 0.42°C (0.76°F) above the 20^th century average of 15.9°C (60.6°F), making it the eighth warmest February on record.
  
• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the December–February period was 0.51°C (0.92°F) above the 20^th century average of 12.1°C (53.8°F), making it the 12^th warmest such period on record.
  
• The December–February worldwide land surface temperature was 0.71°C (1.28°F) above the 20^th century average, tying with 1992 as the 15^th warmest such period on record. The global ocean surface temperature for the same period was 0.43°C (0.77°F) above the 20^th century average and was the eighth warmest such period on record.
  
• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the January–February period (year-to-date) was 0.56°C (1.01°F) above the 20^th century average of 12.1°C (53.8°F), 
•  tying with 2005 as the ninth warmest such period on record.
  
  February 2013 Selected Climate
  Anomalies and Events Map
   
  Link: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/2