Yet againnnn, last month set a new record for global sea surface temperature, which was the warmest February on record...
Graphic using NOAA ERSSTv5 data (https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.noaa.ersst.v5.html). Methods detailed in https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1.
@zleap This period is highly uncertain due to a combination of internal variability and uncertainties in the sea surface temperature record around WWII as a result of methodological changes and a lack of observations. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/34/11/JCLI-D-20-0907.1.xml