Hottest October ever

The planet's temperature departure from the long-term average of 1.04 Celsius in October was the greatest of any month ever recorded by NASA. It marked the first time a monthly temperature anomaly exceeded 1 degree Celsius in records dating back to 1880. The previous largest anomaly was 0.97 Celsius from January 2007.

November 17, 2015 at 11:46PM
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(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Ray Grumney is the news graphics director at the Star Tribune, with a proven 30-year award-winning track record. He is a driven visual journalist focused on developing and implementing high-impact design solutions to sometimes complicated data-driven stories.

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