Global Satellites: 2016 not Statistically Warmer than 1998

Roy Spencer, Ph.D., climatologist, former NASA scientist

January 3rd, 2017


The resulting 2016 annual average global temperature anomaly is +0.50 deg. C, which is (a statistically insignificant) 0.02 deg. C warmer than 1998 at +0.48 deg. C. We estimate that 2016 would have had to be 0.10 C warmer than 1998 to be significantly different at the 95% confidence level. Both 2016 and 1998 were strong El Nino years.

See also : MIT climate scientist (Dr R. Lindzen) on ‘hottest year’

The hysteria over this issue is truly bizarre