Global temperature, Oct 1997

Global anomaly+0.61°C1951–1980

Rank among all Octs23 / 146warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.63°C

S. Hemisphere+0.61°C

vs same month last year+0.39°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)360.97 ppm

All months of 1997

Jan+0.32°C

Feb+0.41°C

Mar+0.52°C

Apr+0.34°C

May+0.35°C

Jun+0.55°C

Jul+0.34°C

Aug+0.41°C

Sep+0.52°C

Oct ◀+0.61°C

Nov+0.65°C

Dec+0.59°C

This month+0.61°C

Same month, previous year+0.22°C

Same month 10 years earlier+0.33°C

Same month 50 years earlier+0.07°C

Oct average 1991–2020+0.62°C

Warmest Oct on record (2024)+1.35°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1987	+0.33°C	+0.22°C	+0.45°C	34
1988	+0.38°C	+0.23°C	+0.52°C	31
1989	+0.29°C	+0.25°C	+0.33°C	36
1990	+0.45°C	+0.48°C	+0.41°C	28
1991	+0.29°C	+0.29°C	+0.29°C	35
1992	+0.07°C	−0.17°C	+0.31°C	63
1993	+0.24°C	+0.12°C	+0.36°C	40
1994	+0.43°C	+0.54°C	+0.31°C	29
1995	+0.46°C	+0.60°C	+0.33°C	27
1996	+0.22°C	+0.04°C	+0.39°C	42
1997	+0.61°C	+0.63°C	+0.61°C	23
1998	+0.42°C	+0.54°C	+0.31°C	30
1999	+0.34°C	+0.39°C	+0.28°C	33
2000	+0.27°C	+0.29°C	+0.25°C	37
2001	+0.50°C	+0.60°C	+0.40°C	26
2002	+0.54°C	+0.53°C	+0.55°C	25
2003	+0.72°C	+0.99°C	+0.47°C	15
2004	+0.61°C	+0.70°C	+0.52°C	22
2005	+0.76°C	+0.95°C	+0.57°C	14
2006	+0.71°C	+0.98°C	+0.44°C	17
2007	+0.59°C	+0.84°C	+0.34°C	24

Rank 249 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.