Nikki Jullianne Maxwell is the female protagonist of all the Dork Diaries books. She is a self-proclaimed dork and goes to Westchester Country Day on a scholarship, because her father is the school's exterminator.
Since 1976, every year including 2014 has had an average global temperature warmer than the long-term average. Over this 37-year period, temperature warmed at an average of 0.50 Â°F (0.28 Â°C) per decade over land and 0.20 Â°F (0.11 Â°C) per decade over the ocean.
The average temperature on Earth is about 61 degrees F (16 C). But temperatures vary greatly around the world depending on the time of year, ocean and wind currents and weather conditions.