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   NASA has updated its GISTEMP series until end 2020.   
      
   It finds Dec was globally .81C above 1950s avgs and 6th-warmest Dec   
   since 1880.   
      
   The NH was  +1.2C above the baseline and ranked #4.   
      
   The SH was +.43C above baseline and ranked 22nd warmest Dec in the   
   last 141 years.   
      
   The annual averages therefore came in at GL +1.02, NH +1.36 and SH   
   +.68. GL and NH were new records and the SH came in at 3rd-warmest   
   since the 19th cent.   
      
   The various top 10 lists are now:   
      
   DECEMBER:   
      
   Globe   
   Year	Anom   
   	(degC rel ~1950s in 1/100th C)   
   2015	116   
   2019	109   
   2017	94   
   2018	92   
   2016	86   
   2020	81	<-- #6/141   
   2014	79   
   2006	79   
   2003	75   
   2013	70   
      
   N Hem   
   2015	154   
   2019	141   
   2017	140   
   2020	120	<-- #4   
   2006	116   
   2018	111   
   2014	111   
   2016	105   
   2003	98   
   2011	88   
      
   S Hem   
   2015	79   
   2019	79   
   2018	74   
   2009	70   
   2016	69   
   1997	68   
   2012	61   
   2004	58   
   2013	55   
   2003	52   
   ...   
   2020	43	<-- #22   
      
      
   ANNUAL AVG:   
      
   Globe   
   2020	102.2	<-- NEW RECORD   
   2016	101.8   
   2019	98.6   
   2017	92.6   
   2015	90.1   
   2018	85.3   
   2014	75.1   
   2010	72.5   
   2013	68.3   
   2005	68.2   
      
   N Hem   
   2020	136.2	<-- NEW RECORD   
   2016	131.4   
   2019	122.2   
   2017	118.4   
   2015	118.3   
   2018	104.5   
   2014	92.4   
   2010	90.4   
   2005	85.9   
   2007	85.6   
      
   S Hem   
   2019	75.0   
   2016	73.0   
   2020	68.4	<-- new #3   
   2017	66.9   
   2018	66.0   
   2015	62.6   
   2009	59.5   
   2014	57.7   
   2013	55.8   
   2010	54.8   
      
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   California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wed that residents 65 and older   
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   [Deep State!]   
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     a ...   
      
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   But Boris Johnson does not rule out tougher restrictions in England, saying   
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   [Let's look:   
   Jday	#New cases   
   360	29539.4	<-- min   
   361	30484.7   
   362	31481.3   
   363	32987.2   
   364	35466.2   
   365	37247.6   
   366	38711.6   
   367	40490.1   
   368	42676.1   
   369	44038.4   
   370	45853.1   
   371	47578.6   
   372	49233.5   
   373	50207.7   
   374	52735.5   
   375	54543.4   
   376	56152.9   
   377	56496.8	<-- max   
   378	55952   
   ].   
      
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     CBS This Morning, 13 Jan 2021 13:56Z   
      
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   ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 19:42Z   
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