Expanding on my Summer Banter post of 8/20, #669-----we now are at: 441positive surplus/280days = +1.58degs. for the year to date. I subtracted 37 from surplus there, to correct for August, which was actually -1.2degs.
So we need another 913-441 = 472 in the next 85 days, or an average of +5.6degs., to become warmest year ever. We could get as far as Nov. 20 at this rate---we'll see. If we do it, it will be with an incongruous BN summer!