July global surface TempLS down 0.045 °C from June.

The TempLS mesh anomaly (1961-90 base) fell a little, from 0.680°C in June to 0.635°C in July. This is opposite to the 0.052°C rise in the NCEP/NCAR index, while the UAH satellite TLT index rose more (0.11°C).

The post is late again this month, and for the same odd reason. Australia submitted a CLIMAT form with about 1/3 the right number of stations, mostly SE coast. Kazakhstan, Peru were late too, but Australia is the big one. That data still isn't in. I've modified the map in the TempLS report to show the stations that reported last month (but not this) in a pale blue to show what is missing.

There were some noted heat waves, but relatively restricted in space and time. There was a big blob of heat covering Europe, N Africa and up to W Siberia. Mid Siberia was cold, as was Greenland and nearby sea, and Argentina. Arctic was cool, Antarctic warmer. N America was warm, especially W Coast and Quebec. SSTs continued rising overall.

Here is the temperature map. As always, there is a more detailed active sphere map here.

This post is part of a series that has now run since 2011. The TempLS mesh data is reported here, and the recent history of monthly readings is here. Unadjusted GHCN is normally used, but if you click the TempLS button there, it will show data with adjusted, and also with different integration methods. There is an interactive graph using 1981-2010 base period here which you can use to show different periods, or compare with other indices. There is a general guide to TempLS here.

The reporting cycle starts with a report of the daily reanalysis index on about the 4th of the month. The next post is this, the TempLS report, usually about the 8th. Then when the GISS result comes out, usually about the 15th, I discuss it and compare with TempLS. The TempLS graph uses a spherical harmonics to the TempLS mesh residuals; the residuals are displayed more directly using a triangular grid in a better resolved WebGL plot here.

A list of earlier monthly reports of each series in date order is here:

1. NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis report
2. TempLS report
3. GISS report and comparison with TempLS