NEW YORK — Last month was the globe’s warmest November on record, the seventh consecutive month to reach a new high.
A climate update Thursday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also noted a record-warm average temperature for January through November as a whole. NOAA scientist Jake Crouch said it’s “virtually certain” that 2015 will be the warmest year globally since record-keeping began in 1880.
The agency also said it has been the warmest autumn on record for the continental U.S., with an average temperature of 56.8 degrees for September through November.
Crouch said the warmth has come from climate change, a strong El Ni?o and some other short-term influences.
The forecast through March calls for an easing of drought in California and Nevada.
