Near record warm global temperatures and the return of El Nino in the tropical Pacific are the climate highlights of 1994, say scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service in a preview to the agency's annual Climate Assessment report.
After two relatively cooler years, the estimated mean global temperature (land only) was 0.4 degrees Celsius above normal during 1994 -- similar to record levels that were first observed in 1990 and 1991. In 1994, most of the warmth occurred after February -- global temperatures from March to December were the warmest observed since 1951.
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