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   Now that HadCRUT has updated to the end of Nov we can run through the   
   main data series to see their jan-nov averages for 2020 and how   
   they're tracking with data from (in some cases) the 1850s.   
      
   The following table shows the series codename, type type of data,   
   rank, value and number of months of 2020 counted to date.   
      
   Most series are temp anomalies relative to averages over a 30y base   
   period.  Most base periods centre on approx 1980s so you can think of   
   them as being "roughly 1980s averages". The NASA GISTEMP series   
   unusually center on the 1960s because 1950 was the original baseline   
   for geographical measurements way back when.   
      
   Temp anomalies are generally measured in deg C relative to the   
   baseline but GISTEMP, again unusually, is represented an in "index"   
   (integer) and is 1/100th C relative to the GISTEMP baseline.   
      
   Ice extents are in mns of km2; ice volumes in 1000s of km3.   
      
   Ranks generally order maxima as #1; ice volumes and areas rank #1 as   
   the minimum value on those records.   
      
   Codename generally include NH or nh to indicate they apply only to the   
   northern hemisphere. Similarly for SH/sh.   
      
   UAH and RSS temps below refer to the lower trop. In the case of RSS   
   that's a region from 2-10 km above mean sea level. UAH is tuned to the   
   region 3-10 km above MSL.   
      
   On the basis of the Jan-Nov averages 9 out of the 22 series judge 2020   
   to be the warmest year on record from the start of the series. In the   
   case of the SST series this is 1850.   
      
   A further 6 series judge 2020 to be the 2nd warmest since the series began.   
      
      
   Series/type		Rank	Value	Num Months   
   cru4krig.anom		1	1.4049	10   
   nhtsdsst.anom		1	137.5	11   
   hadcrut4nh.anom		1	1.1434	11   
   glbtsdsst.anom		1	104.0	11   
   aravgNH.anom		1	1.0387	11   
   hadsst_nh.anom		1	0.8534	10   
   rsstlt4.anom		1	0.8247	8   
   aravg.anom		1	0.6899	11   
   jma.anom		1	0.4609	11   
   had4krig.anom		2	0.8601	10   
   hadcrut4.anom		2	0.7925	11   
   hadsst.anom		2	0.6071	10   
   uah_globe6NH.anom	2	0.5936	11   
   uah_globe6.anom		2	0.5145	11   
   uah_globe6SH.anom	2	0.4336	11   
   shtsdsst.anom		3	70.3	11   
   aravgSH.anom		4	0.3210	11   
   piomas.vol		5	13.6847	11   
   seaice.extent		5	10.8191	22   
   hadcrut4sh.anom		5	0.4431	11   
   hadsst_sh.anom		6	0.3834	10   
      
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