SOURCING for raw data:<br><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190726160612/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/global/time-series/globe/land_ocean/12/12/1880-2019">Climate at a Glance / Global Time Series</a>. <i>ncdc.noaa.gov</i>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" class="extiw" title="w:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> (National Centers for Environmental Information; National Climatic Data Center) (December 2018). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/global/time-series/globe/land_ocean/12/12/1880-2019">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-07-26">26 July 2019</span>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-07-27">27 July 2019</span>. Choose 12-Month timescale, December, 1880-2019, <b>Global</b>, Land and Ocean, <b>Plot</b>.
</p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190727144452/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/global/time-series/caribbeanIslands/land_ocean/12/12/1880-2019">Climate at a Glance / Global Time Series</a>. <i>ncdc.noaa.gov</i>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" class="extiw" title="w:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> (National Centers for Environmental Information; National Climatic Data Center) (December 2018). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/global/time-series/caribbeanIslands/land_ocean/12/12/1880-2019">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-07-27">27 July 2019</span>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-07-27">27 July 2019</span>. Choose 12-Month timescale, December, 1880-2019, <b>Caribbean Islands</b>, Land and Ocean, <b>Plot</b>.
</p><p><i>Specific notes:</i>
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<ul><li>Top panel: Global 1910-2018, annual (Jan-Dec), reference period converted from source's 1901-2000 to 1910-2000 to provide better comparison to bottom panel (average temp in reference period determines boundary between blue and red stripes), Land and Ocean.</li>
<li>Bottom panel: Caribbean Islands 1910-2018, annual (Jan-Dec), reference period 1910-2000 (average temp in reference period determines boundary between blue and red stripes), Land and Ocean.</li>
<li><b>Important: Graphics present temperature anomaly away from respective average values over the reference period 1910-2000. They show temperature <u>change</u>. Accordingly, a color in one diagram does not necessarily represent the same absolute temperature as the same color in the other diagram</b></li>
<li>Panels are vertically aligned to enable year-by-year comparison</li>
<li>Each hue (up to 8 blue and 8 red) covers a temperature range of 0.15 degrees Celsius for both graphics.</li></ul><p><i>General notes:</i>
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<ul><li><i>Credit for general concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/warming_stripes" class="extiw" title="w:warming stripes">w:warming stripes</a>:</i> climate scientist Ed Hawkins, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Reading" class="extiw" title="w:University of Reading">w:University of Reading</a>, U.K.</li>
<li>Data values are visualized using color rather than locations of points on a graph.</li>
<li>The average temperature in the reference period (1910-2000 for both panels) determines boundary between blue and red.</li>
<li>Horizontal scale is time, from 1910 (left) to 2018 (right).</li></ul>
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