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.
Global temperature highlights: March â May. 1  The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for March â May 2011 was 0.95 F (0.53 C) above the 20th century average of 56.7 F (13.7 C), making it the 10th warmest on record. 2  The margin of error is +/- 0.14 F (0.08 C).