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More all-time global heat records bit the dust this winter than were initially suspected, according to a new and shocking National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report released Thursday.

Due to a combination of human-caused global warming and a powerful El Niño event in the Pacific Ocean, the month of February ranked as the most unusually warm month in the 137-year period of record, with global average surface temperatures running at 1.21 degrees Celsius, or 2.18 degrees Fahrenheit, above the 20th century average. 

Global average surface temperature anomalies during the December 2015 to February 2016 period.

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