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State of the Climate in 2002
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2003
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Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(6), S1-S68.
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Series: State of the Climate
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Description:Neutral ENSO conditions at the beginning of 2002 gave way to a strengthening El Niño episode during boreal summer. Weather patterns in many areas of the world reflected the warm phase conditions. The average global temperature in 2002 was 0.45°C above the 1961–1990 mean, which places 2002 as the second warmest year on record. Land temperatures were 0.78°C above average and ocean temperatures were 0.31°C above the 1961–1990 mean. This ranks both land and ocean as the second warmest on record.
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