**************************************************************** ****Annual and Seasonal Temperature Deviations **** ****of the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere **** ****for the North Polar region (60N - 90N) **** **** **** ****April 2007 **** **** **** ****Source: A.M. Sterin **** ****Russian Research Institute for Hydrometeorological **** ****Information-World Data Center (RIHMI-WDC). **** **************************************************************** Seasonal* and annual** temperature deviation from the 15 year average of 1961-1975. Missing values are represented by -9.99. In degrees Celsius. 850-300 hPa | 100-50 hPa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year win spr sum aut ann win spr sum aut ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1958 -9.99 -0.20 0.23 0.24 0.08 -9.99 0.28 0.10 0.82 0.60 1959 0.53 0.75 0.97 0.90 0.74 1.18 0.88 0.14 0.66 0.83 1960 -0.01 0.41 0.58 0.26 0.48 2.42 0.35 0.33 0.89 1.05 1961 0.63 0.28 0.24 0.73 0.37 2.00 0.75 0.43 0.66 0.68 1962 0.49 0.77 0.13 0.36 0.40 0.10 -0.94 -0.20 0.37 -0.10 1963 0.60 0.02 -0.28 0.17 0.16 1.04 -0.11 0.49 0.42 0.40 1964 0.10 -0.59 -0.01 -0.00 -0.14 -0.41 1.30 0.39 0.43 0.50 1965 0.14 -0.09 -0.53 0.03 -0.19 -0.28 0.38 0.44 0.43 0.41 1966 -0.89 -0.50 0.14 0.07 -0.18 1.54 0.31 0.63 0.75 0.56 1967 0.03 0.42 0.11 0.39 0.22 -0.82 -1.44 0.40 -0.28 -0.42 1968 0.33 0.03 -0.24 -0.69 -0.19 1.22 -1.80 0.62 0.32 0.24 1969 -0.53 -0.55 0.04 -0.14 -0.21 1.61 0.08 0.17 0.32 0.28 1970 0.23 -0.27 -0.17 0.04 -0.10 1.29 -0.17 0.43 0.32 0.40 1971 -0.36 -0.40 -0.23 -0.37 -0.36 0.81 -0.30 0.07 -0.03 0.20 1972 -0.29 -0.41 -0.14 -0.22 -0.23 -0.89 0.45 0.21 0.15 -0.06 1973 -0.24 -0.30 0.02 -0.27 -0.24 1.53 -0.16 -0.34 0.01 0.26 1974 -0.16 0.30 -0.24 -0.30 -0.14 -1.99 0.25 -0.03 0.52 -0.22 1975 -0.45 0.10 -0.17 -0.16 -0.13 0.27 0.42 0.17 -0.03 0.08 1976 -0.51 -0.62 -0.22 -0.08 -0.30 -2.10 -0.12 -0.14 -0.18 -0.47 1977 0.34 0.21 -0.07 -0.13 0.05 1.76 0.48 0.21 0.30 0.61 1978 0.15 0.16 -0.24 -0.41 -0.09 0.03 0.12 -0.14 -0.48 -0.21 1979 -0.59 0.06 -0.17 0.19 -0.13 -0.22 -0.00 -0.01 0.33 0.16 1980 0.58 0.12 0.12 -0.01 0.21 -1.49 1.00 0.15 -0.18 -0.46 1981 0.71 0.39 0.33 0.52 0.51 -2.07 -0.67 -0.33 -0.07 -0.40 1982 0.02 -0.26 -0.19 -0.58 -0.28 0.81 0.51 0.55 -0.48 0.14 1983 0.01 0.24 0.24 0.18 0.22 -1.16 0.22 -0.50 -0.54 -0.44 1984 -0.07 0.23 0.25 0.01 0.03 -1.52 0.70 -0.51 -0.30 -0.22 1985 0.14 -0.48 -0.28 0.34 0.04 2.12 0.18 -0.47 -0.49 0.07 1986 0.46 -0.02 -0.02 -0.05 -0.03 -1.25 0.59 -0.58 -0.67 -0.42 1987 -0.07 -0.02 -0.06 0.09 0.06 2.21 -0.98 -0.17 0.48 0.86 1988 0.22 0.24 0.74 0.53 0.45 -0.63 0.57 -0.54 -0.83 -0.82 1989 -0.31 0.43 0.50 0.21 0.22 -0.95 0.83 -0.88 -0.38 -0.40 1990 -0.21 0.55 0.41 -0.47 0.01 -1.31 -2.46 -0.51 -0.88 -1.22 1991 0.12 0.68 0.79 0.38 0.48 0.90 -0.38 -0.34 -0.56 -0.14 1992 0.23 -0.30 -0.59 -0.29 -0.22 0.11 -0.68 -0.75 -0.36 -0.40 1993 -0.08 0.20 -0.07 -0.48 -0.13 -2.33 -1.29 -1.12 -0.59 -1.18 1994 -0.55 0.07 0.26 0.12 0.00 0.08 -0.86 -0.64 -0.93 -0.88 1995 0.40 0.54 0.38 0.63 0.48 -1.38 -2.09 -1.36 -1.09 -1.51 1996 0.24 0.46 -0.19 0.37 0.25 -3.37 -1.06 -1.10 -0.78 -1.21 1997 -0.05 0.21 0.19 0.46 0.19 -1.17 -4.16 -0.63 -0.91 -1.74 1998 0.09 0.42 0.92 0.21 0.43 1.05 -0.79 -0.78 -0.59 -0.16 1999 0.03 0.25 -0.01 0.19 0.05 1.02 -0.80 -1.02 -0.59 -0.65 2000 -0.18 0.41 0.24 0.37 0.28 -2.51 -1.49 -1.41 -0.76 -1.28 2001 0.09 0.62 0.47 0.20 0.36 1.92 -1.30 -1.02 -0.64 -0.38 2002 0.12 0.53 0.33 0.71 0.41 1.58 -1.51 -1.04 -1.21 -0.68 2003 0.58 0.44 0.76 0.89 0.70 0.42 -0.63 -0.93 -0.71 -0.34 2004 0.83 0.43 0.26 0.20 0.30 1.63 -1.48 -0.84 -0.41 -0.48 2005 0.20 1.11 0.67 -9.99 -9.99 -3.41 -0.62 -1.13 -9.99 -9.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Winter values are the means of the deviations of December of the previous year and January and February of the current year; spring values are the means of March, April, and May; summer values are the means of June, July, and August; autumn values are the means of September, October, and November. **Annual values are the means of all 12 months from a particular year.