{"id":443002,"date":"2026-05-08T00:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=443002"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:50:31","slug":"uah-v6-1-global-temperature-update-for-april-2026-0-39-deg-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=443002","title":{"rendered":"UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for April, 2026: +0.39 deg. C"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"325\" data-attachment-id=\"443003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=443003\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?fit=723%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=723%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C922&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=640%2C288&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C540&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drroyspencer.com\/2026\/05\/uah-v6-1-global-temperature-update-for-april-2026-0-39-deg-c\/\">Roy Spencer, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>May 7th, 2026 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This month I\u2019m adding plots for USA48 and Canada, too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for April 2026 was +0.39 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, which remains statistically unchanged for 4 months now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"325\" data-attachment-id=\"443003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=443003\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?fit=723%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=723%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C922&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=640%2C288&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C540&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0UAH_LT_1979_thru_April_2026_v6.1_20x9_Global-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through April 2026) remains at +0.16 deg\/ C\/decade (+0.22 C\/decade over land, +0.13 C\/decade over oceans).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following table lists various regional Version 6.1 LT departures from the 30-year (1991-2020) average for the last 28 months (record highs are in red). Note I\u2019ve added Canada to the table this month, by request (although WordPress won\u2019t allow me to add September 2024 for some reason). The warmest April in Canada was in 2010 (+2.61 deg. C), while the warmest anomaly out of all months was in January 1981 (+3.75 deg. C).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Year<\/td><td>Mon<\/td><td>Globe<\/td><td>NHem<\/td><td>SHem<\/td><td>Tropic<\/td><td>US48<\/td><td>Arctic<\/td><td>Aust.<\/td><td>Can.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Jan<\/td><td>+0.80<\/td><td><mark>+1.0<\/mark>2<\/td><td>+0.57<\/td><td><mark>+1.<\/mark>20<\/td><td>-0.19<\/td><td>+0.40<\/td><td>+1.12<\/td><td>+0.97<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Feb<\/td><td><mark>+0.<\/mark>88<\/td><td>+0.94<\/td><td><strong><mark>+0.81<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td>+1.16<\/td><td>+1.31<\/td><td>+0.85<\/td><td>+1.16<\/td><td>+2.45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Mar<\/td><td><mark>+0.<\/mark>88<\/td><td>+0.96<\/td><td><mark>+0.80<\/mark><\/td><td><mark><strong>+1.<\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark>2<\/mark><\/strong>5<\/td><td>+0.22<\/td><td>+1.05<\/td><td>+1.34<\/td><td>+1.12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Apr<\/td><td><mark><strong>+0.94<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><td><mark><strong>+<\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark>1.12<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td>+0.76<\/td><td>+1.15<\/td><td>+0.86<\/td><td>+0.88<\/td><td>+0.54<\/td><td>+1.39<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>May<\/td><td>+0.77<\/td><td>+0.77<\/td><td>+0.78<\/td><td>+1.20<\/td><td>+0.04<\/td><td>+0.20<\/td><td>+0.52<\/td><td>+0.67<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>June<\/td><td>+0.69<\/td><td>+0.78<\/td><td>+0.60<\/td><td>+0.85<\/td><td>+1.36<\/td><td>+0.63<\/td><td>+0.91<\/td><td>+0.19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>July<\/td><td>+0.73<\/td><td>+0.86<\/td><td>+0.61<\/td><td>+0.96<\/td><td>+0.44<\/td><td>+0.56<\/td><td>-0.07<\/td><td>+1.15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Aug<\/td><td>+0.75<\/td><td>+0.81<\/td><td>+0.69<\/td><td>+0.74<\/td><td>+0.40<\/td><td>+0.88<\/td><td><mark><strong>+1.<\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark>7<\/mark><\/strong><mark><strong>5<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><td>+1.36<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Sep<\/td><td>+0.81<\/td><td>+1.04<\/td><td>+0.58<\/td><td>+0.82<\/td><td>+1.31<\/td><td>+1.48<\/td><td>+0.98<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Oct<\/td><td>+0.75<\/td><td>+0.89<\/td><td>+0.60<\/td><td>+0.63<\/td><td>+1.89<\/td><td>+0.81<\/td><td>+1.09<\/td><td>+0.89<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Nov<\/td><td>+0.64<\/td><td>+0.87<\/td><td>+0.40<\/td><td>+0.53<\/td><td>+1.11<\/td><td>+0.79<\/td><td>+1.00<\/td><td>+1.61<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Dec<\/td><td>+0.61<\/td><td>+0.75<\/td><td>+0.47<\/td><td>+0.52<\/td><td>+1.41<\/td><td>+1.12<\/td><td>+1.54<\/td><td>+1.65<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Jan<\/td><td>+0.45<\/td><td>+0.70<\/td><td>+0.21<\/td><td>+0.24<\/td><td>-1.07<\/td><td>+0.74<\/td><td>+0.48<\/td><td>+1.04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Feb<\/td><td>+0.50<\/td><td>+0.55<\/td><td>+0.45<\/td><td>+0.26<\/td><td>+1.03<\/td><td>+2.10<\/td><td>+0.87<\/td><td>-0.35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Mar<\/td><td>+0.57<\/td><td>+0.73<\/td><td>+0.41<\/td><td>+0.40<\/td><td>+1.24<\/td><td>+1.23<\/td><td>+1.20<\/td><td>+0.80<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Apr<\/td><td>+0.61<\/td><td>+0.76<\/td><td>+0.46<\/td><td>+0.36<\/td><td>+0.81<\/td><td>+0.85<\/td><td>+1.21<\/td><td>+0.45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>May<\/td><td>+0.50<\/td><td>+0.45<\/td><td>+0.55<\/td><td>+0.30<\/td><td>+0.15<\/td><td>+0.75<\/td><td>+0.98<\/td><td>+0.81<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>June<\/td><td>+0.48<\/td><td>+0.48<\/td><td>+0.47<\/td><td>+0.30<\/td><td>+0.80<\/td><td>+0.05<\/td><td>+0.39<\/td><td>-0.22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>July<\/td><td>+0.36<\/td><td>+0.49<\/td><td>+0.23<\/td><td>+0.45<\/td><td>+0.32<\/td><td>+0.40<\/td><td>+0.53<\/td><td>-0.23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Aug<\/td><td>+0.39<\/td><td>+0.39<\/td><td>+0.39<\/td><td>+0.16<\/td><td>-0.06<\/td><td>+0.82<\/td><td>+0.11<\/td><td>+0.62<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Sep<\/td><td>+0.53<\/td><td>+0.56<\/td><td>+0.49<\/td><td>+0.35<\/td><td>+0.38<\/td><td>+0.77<\/td><td>+0.30<\/td><td>+2.44<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Oct<\/td><td>+0.53<\/td><td>+0.52<\/td><td>+0.55<\/td><td>+0.24<\/td><td>+1.12<\/td><td>+1.42<\/td><td>+1.67<\/td><td>+2.59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Nov<\/td><td>+0.43<\/td><td>+0.59<\/td><td>+0.27<\/td><td>+0.24<\/td><td>+1.32<\/td><td>+0.78<\/td><td>+0.36<\/td><td>+1.47<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Dec<\/td><td>+0.30<\/td><td>+0.45<\/td><td>+0.15<\/td><td>+0.19<\/td><td>+2.10<\/td><td>+0.32<\/td><td>+0.37<\/td><td>-1.86<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2026<\/td><td>Jan<\/td><td>+0.35<\/td><td>+0.51<\/td><td>+0.19<\/td><td>+0.09<\/td><td>+0.30<\/td><td>+1.40<\/td><td>+0.95<\/td><td>+1.17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2026<\/td><td>Feb<\/td><td>+0.39<\/td><td>+0.54<\/td><td>+0.23<\/td><td>+0.03<\/td><td>+1.91<\/td><td>-0.48<\/td><td>+0.73<\/td><td>+0.32<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2026<\/td><td>Mar<\/td><td>+0.38<\/td><td>+0.33<\/td><td>+0.42<\/td><td>+0.07<\/td><td><strong><mark>+3.74<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td>-0.48<\/td><td>+1.14<\/td><td>-3.17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2026<\/td><td>Apr<\/td><td>+0.39<\/td><td>+0.43<\/td><td>+0.34<\/td><td>+0.23<\/td><td>+1.20<\/td><td>+0.30<\/td><td>+0.70<\/td><td>-0.89<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Year<\/td><td>Mon<\/td><td>Globe<\/td><td>NHem<\/td><td>SHem<\/td><td>Tropic<\/td><td>US48<\/td><td>Arctic<\/td><td>Aust.<\/td><td>Can.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time Series Plots for USA48 and Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting this month I will include time series graphs for USA48 and Canada, in addition to the usual global plot. Note that for the previous month (March) the record warmth in USA48 (+3.74 deg. C) was in stark contrast to the coldest March in Canada in the 48-year satellite record (-3.17 deg. C).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"325\" data-attachment-id=\"443007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=443007\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-42.png?fit=2560%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full UAH Global Temperature Report, along with the LT global gridpoint anomaly map for April, 2026 and a more detailed analysis by John Christy, should be available within the next several days&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nsstc.uah.edu\/climate\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monthly anomalies for various regions for the four deep layers we monitor from satellites will be available in the next several days at the following locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vortex.nsstc.uah.edu\/data\/msu\/v6.1\/tlt\/uahncdc_lt_6.1.txt\">Lower Troposphere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vortex.nsstc.uah.edu\/data\/msu\/v6.1\/tmt\/uahncdc_mt_6.1.txt\">Mid-Troposphere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vortex.nsstc.uah.edu\/data\/msu\/v6.1\/ttp\/uahncdc_tp_6.1.txt\">Tropopause<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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