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Wasn't clear to me if 2015 would have been hotter than 2014 had it not been an El Niño year.
by nsxwolf 11y ago
Wasn't clear to me if 2015 would have been hotter than 2014 had it not been an El Niño year.
- martinpw 11y agoThe graphs here show that in 2015 every month was warmer than 2014 apart from April. http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/hottest-year-on-record/ http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/hottest-year-on-record/ So the question is when did the effects of El Niño start having an impact in 2015? Unless it was significant for almost the whole year, it would still have been a record without it.
- pdabbadabba 11y ago>2015’s sharp spike in temperatures was aided by a strong El Nino weather pattern late in the year that caused ocean waters in the central Pacific to heat up. But the unusual warming started early and steadily gained strength in a year in which ten of 12 months set all-time records, scientists said.
- nsxwolf 11y agoThat doesn't answer the question.
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