The GISS V4 land/ocean temperature anomaly was 0.9°C in October 2020, down from 0.99°C in September. That compares with a 0.154deg;C fall in the TempLS V4 mesh index. It was the fourth warmest October in the record (shared with 2017).
Jim Hansen's update, with many more details, is here. He thinks that it is likely that 2020 will equal 2016 as hottest year. For those who like that sort of thing, there is a betting market on that "horse race" here.
As usual here, I will compare the GISS and earlier TempLS plots below the jump.
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