RIVERTON – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued the following list of climate anomalies and events for December 2013. The United States experienced the 21st coldest December and the coldest since 2009.

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Global Highlights

• The average combined global land and ocean surface temperature for December 2013 was the third highest for December since records began in 1880, at 0.64°C (1.15°F) above the 20^th century average of 12.2°C (54.0°F).
• The globally-averaged land surface temperature for December 2013 tied with 1998 as the fifth highest for December on record, at 1.16°C (2.09°F) above average. The globally-averaged ocean surface temperature tied with 2004 as the seventh highest for December on record, at 0.46°C (0.83°F) above average.
• The average combined global land and ocean surface temperature for January–December 2013 tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest such period on record, at 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20^th century average.