The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for September, 2017 was +0.54 deg. C, up from the August, 2017 value of +0.41 deg. C (click for full size version):

The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 21 months are:



YEAR MO GLOBE NHEM. SHEM. TROPICS

2016 01 +0.55 +0.72 +0.38 +0.85

2016 02 +0.85 +1.18 +0.53 +1.00

2016 03 +0.76 +0.98 +0.54 +1.10

2016 04 +0.72 +0.85 +0.58 +0.93

2016 05 +0.53 +0.61 +0.44 +0.70

2016 06 +0.33 +0.48 +0.17 +0.37

2016 07 +0.37 +0.44 +0.30 +0.47

2016 08 +0.43 +0.54 +0.32 +0.49

2016 09 +0.45 +0.51 +0.39 +0.37

2016 10 +0.42 +0.43 +0.42 +0.47

2016 11 +0.46 +0.43 +0.49 +0.38

2016 12 +0.26 +0.26 +0.27 +0.24

2017 01 +0.32 +0.31 +0.34 +0.10

2017 02 +0.38 +0.57 +0.19 +0.07

2017 03 +0.22 +0.36 +0.09 +0.05

2017 04 +0.27 +0.28 +0.26 +0.21

2017 05 +0.44 +0.39 +0.49 +0.41

2017 06 +0.21 +0.33 +0.10 +0.39

2017 07 +0.29 +0.30 +0.27 +0.51

2017 08 +0.41 +0.40 +0.41 +0.46

2017 09 +0.54 +0.51 +0.57 +0.53



The linear temperature trend of the global average lower tropospheric temperature anomalies from January 1979 through September 2017 remains at +0.13 C/decade.

The UAH LT global anomaly image for September, 2017 should be available in the next few days here.

The new Version 6 files should also be updated in the coming days, and are located here:

Lower Troposphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tlt/uahncdc_lt_6.0.txt

Mid-Troposphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tmt/uahncdc_mt_6.0.txt

Tropopause: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/ttp/uahncdc_tp_6.0.txt

Lower Stratosphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tls/uahncdc_ls_6.0.txt