In this July 21, 2017 file photo, researchers look out from the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as the sun sets over sea ice in the Victoria Strait along the Northwest Passage in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
November 2020 ranked second hottest on record, overtaking November 2019 for the No. 2 spot, according to scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The average global land and ocean surface temperature for November 2020 was 0.97 C above the 20th-century average, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
The Northern Hemisphere had its warmest November on record, with the Southern Hemisphere seeing its ninth warmest.