November 2020 among hottest on record
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November 2020 was the second warmest November since global record-keeping began in 1880, behind only 2015, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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LAND AND OCEAN TEMPERATURE PERCENTILES (Nov 2020)

Record coldest
Much cooler than average 
Near average
Cooler than average 
Warmer than average 
Much warmer than average 
Record warmest
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SELECTED NOTABLE CLIMATE EVENTS AND ANOMALIES

Global surface temperature
In Nov 2020 was 0.97°C above 20th-century average – second highest for November on record

Year-to-date (Jan-Nov) temperature was also second highest on record, at 1°C above 20th-century average
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Northern Hemisphere
First 11 months of 2020 were hottest on record, beating previous
record set in 2016 by 0.05°C

Meteorological autumn (Sep-Nov) was second warmest on record, behind autumn 2015 by only 0.01°C
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10 hottest Novembers
Have all occurred since 2004, with five of those happening since 2013
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Arctic sea ice
In Nov 2020 was 16 percent below 1981-2010 average – second smallest November extent on record, behind 2016
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Source: NOAA National Centres for Environmental Information
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