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   Hadley has updated its HADCRUT data series to the end of 2020.   
      
   It finds Dec was unbearably cold at +.51C above the series   
   1961-1990 baseline (i.e. approx 1980s avgs) and scored 10th-warmest   
   Dec for the globe in the last 171y.   
      
   For the year the GL averaged almost .77C above normal ranking   
   2nd-warmest since 1850. The NHem was +1.12C above normal ranking   
   record warmest since 1850 while the SHem averaged +.42 and ranked #6.   
      
   The various top10 lists are now as follows:   
      
   Globe   
   Dec   
   2015	1.024   
   2019	0.880   
   2006	0.691   
   2014	0.655   
   2018	0.638   
   2016	0.620   
   2017	0.600   
   2003	0.589   
   2013	0.532   
   2020	0.514	<-- #10/171   
      
   Annual:   
   2016	0.7977   
   2020	0.7694	<-- #2/171   
   2015	0.7643   
   2019	0.7362   
   2017	0.6784   
   2018	0.5973   
   2014	0.5801   
   2010	0.5604   
   2005	0.5461   
   1998	0.5399   
      
   NHem:   
   Dec:   
   2015	1.433   
   2019	1.155   
   2006	1.049   
   2014	0.935   
   2017	0.918   
   2003	0.884   
   2020	0.848	<-- #7   
   2016	0.842   
   2018	0.778   
   2013	0.704   
      
   Annual:   
   2020	1.1187	<-- NEW RECORD   
   2016	1.0649   
   2015	1.0314   
   2019	0.9723   
   2017	0.9233   
   2018	0.7905   
   2014	0.7787   
   2010	0.7396   
   2005	0.7235   
   2007	0.7130   
      
   SHem:   
   Dec:   
   2015	0.613   
   2019	0.607   
   1997	0.553   
   2009	0.504   
   2018	0.498   
   1972	0.439   
   2016	0.399   
   2002	0.382   
   2014	0.375   
   2013	0.361   
   ...   
   2020    0.181	<-- #27   
      
   Annual:   
   2016	0.5312   
   2019	0.5009   
   2015	0.4969   
   1998	0.4647   
   2017	0.4345   
   2020	0.4217	<-- #6   
   2009	0.4146   
   2018	0.4049   
   2002	0.4006   
   2014	0.3819   
      
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