We had a number of preliminary indicators that February of 2016 was going to be ridiculously hot. And, according to new reports from NASA, those indicators appear to have born out.
In short, we’ve just experienced a month that was more than 1.5 C hotter than 1880s averages. It’s not a yearly average in this dangerous range — but likely the peak reading from a very intense El Nino combining with the growing base forcing of human climate change. That said, it’s a foretaste of what could very easily happen on a 5-15 year timescale in the annual measure if fossil fuel burning and related carbon emissions do not radically ramp downward.
February of 2015 was About 1.57 C Hotter Than 1880s Averages
According to NASA GISS, February of 2016 was the hottest February ever recorded by a long shot with global temperature departures hitting a never-before-seen above…
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GarryRogers Nature Conservation 
James, it was the same here. Too mild. Perhaps summer heat this year will catch our neighbors’ attention.
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Where I live, we had virtually no snow this year. Most people were pretty happy about it. I felt like I was the only one who found this terribly ominous.
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