The global mean temperature for Jan 26th 2026: 2.68°C 36.82° F November 15th 2025, earth - sun distance 148 million km, sun latitude 18°S. Jan 26th 2026, earth-sun is in the same position. Except earth is 1.7°C colder. On November 15th northern hemisphere snow was 28 million km2, sea ice extent 8.5 million km2 (36.5 million km2). In the southern hemisphere Antarctic continent is 14.2 million km2 and sea ice 14.93 million km2 (29.1 million km2) . On January 26th northern hemis

Incoming solar irradiance 350.96 w-m2 (sun distance 147 million km) minus optical depth 116.75w-m2, of which 19.48 watts is reflected, means (234.2w-m2 + 97.27w-m2) irradiance, total 331.48 thermal heat for the earth. Giving the earth a temperature of 3.52°C. Global Temperature 3.52°C (38.3°F) December 10th 2025 Total Solar Irradiance for December 10th 2025 is 1403.86 watts per square meter. The optimal thickness at zenith means 1043.86 means the global mean is 104.4 watts

Grok explains post. The post critiques Al Gore's analogy—equating daily greenhouse gas heat trapping to 600,000 Hiroshima bombs—by estimating it as 0.06% of Earth's total solar energy input, using rough calculations of planetary surface area, annual seconds, air heat capacity, and bomb yields. Corrected for notation errors (e.g., 5.1e14 m² surface area, 3.78e19 J daily bomb energy), the figure matches peer-reviewed data: Earth's 0.9 W/m² radiative imbalance yields ~4e19 J/day

The average global temperature by averaging absolute temperatures across the earths surface is 5.99°C, against the standard area weighted average global surface temperature 15.80C. Global surface area weighted average heat (in watts per square meter) is 346 watts at 60° latitude for both hemispheres. By averaging absolute temperatures across the earth, the heat average is determined 344.5 watts (51°N and 58°S) releasing 240 watts to space. Here are the 4 weeks of absolute te