The NOAA has updated its NOAATEMP data series to the end of Feb 2021.   
      
   The Agency found the global temp was only .31C above their baseline   
   period (approx the 1980s avg temps) ranking Feb as the 16th warmest   
   since 1880.   
      
   Despite a La Nina that is expected to last until midyear the N   
   temp-zone oceans saw an avg surf temp of +.74C above normal for the   
   month, ranking 2nd-warmest on record. The S temp-zone ocean surf was   
   close behind at +.25C above normal for region, ranking 6th-warmest on record.   
      
   The warmest regions were (surprise) the No Po ocean at +.95C above the   
   baseline and N temp-zone land at +.90C ranking 26th and 16th warmest   
   in the last 142 years.   
      
   But heat across No Po land was lacking, plummeting the region to an   
   overall temp of -.56C relative to the 1980s baseline ranking 85th out   
   of 144 in the warmest Feb stakes.   
      
   The blow-by-blow for each region of interest is as follows:   
      
   Region		Rank		Anom   
   NTempocean	2		0.737962   
   STempocean	6		0.254125   
   STemp		6		0.245424   
   NHemocean	7		0.495573   
   Glocean		9		0.255864   
   NTemp		10		0.815793   
   NHem		14		0.511944   
   NTempland	16		0.902733   
   Gl		16		0.306291   
   Shem		19		0.099199   
   Shemocean	19		0.080083   
   Glland		20		0.444341   
   Trpcsland	21		0.422391   
   NHemland	22		0.538383   
   NoPoocean	23		0.953106   
   Shemland	25		0.205928   
   Trpcs		25		0.129666   
   Trpcsocean	30		0.040709   
   STempland	46		0.095545   
   NoPo		85		-0.559239   
      
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