Dec 2007 Temperature

NASA GISS is out with their global surface temperature anomaly for last month: +0.60°C above the base period (1951-1980).

That makes 2007 the second warmest year on record, +0.73°C, after only 2005. Note: it was warmer, though only 0.01°C, than 1998. And it was by far the warmest winter. January 2007 was the warmest month since records have been kept, relative to its average.