After months of nothing much, TempLS showed a rise in November, from 0.494°C (Oct) to 0.658°C. By contrast, satellite indices went down.
Here is the spherical harmonics plot of the temperature distribution:
![](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.moyhu.org/TempLS/Nov13/ERSST1951Ave_Temp_offset%20Nov%202013%20%20base%201951%201980.jpg)
Russia was the hot spot, with N America, esp W Canada, quite cold.
Here is the map of the 4148 (more than usual) stations reporting:
![](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.moyhu.org/TempLS/Nov13/ERSST1951_map.jpg)
I will be quite busy over Christmas, so light blogging. I'll report on GISS if it comes soon.
I think the term "hot spot" when the temperature in Siberia would have been around -20C is an interesting usage!
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