Third, it was so hot last month that Dr. Roy Spencer of the UAH reports, “Incredibly, land areas outside the tropics in the Northern Hemisphere were a ‘whopping’ 1.46 degrees C above average, 0.5 degrees above any previous monthly anomaly.” This is a 2.6°F warming above the 1981–2010 average — topping the previous anomaly by 0.9°F.
Yes --- big crayon dude. That was from a YEAR ago -- during the PEAK of the last El Nino.. Why are you shocked by this? Take a red, get some rest and some optometry for you font selection issues and be patient with the 2017 data.