Temperature seasonal cycles (degC) from Jones et al. (1999) dataset See "Absolute 1961-1990" here: https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/ Abs = absolute, Anom = anomaly from annual mean Global NH SH Month Abs Anom Abs Anom Abs Anom 1 Jan 12.106 -1.867 7.889 -6.697 16.323 2.962 2 Feb 12.248 -1.725 8.410 -6.176 16.087 2.726 3 Mar 12.874 -1.100 10.570 -4.016 15.177 1.816 4 Apr 13.862 -0.112 13.768 -0.818 13.955 0.594 5 May 14.891 0.917 17.084 2.498 12.698 -0.663 6 Jun 15.587 1.614 19.586 5.001 11.588 -1.773 7 Jul 15.859 1.885 20.969 6.383 10.748 -2.613 8 Aug 15.710 1.737 20.820 6.234 10.600 -2.761 9 Sep 15.072 1.098 19.008 4.422 11.136 -2.225 10 Oct 14.087 0.113 15.796 1.210 12.377 -0.984 11 Nov 13.032 -0.942 12.010 -2.576 14.053 0.692 12 Dec 12.355 -1.618 9.120 -5.466 15.590 2.229 Annual 13.974 14.586 13.361