I always find it unwise for people to talk about how hot it is this year. Kevin Rudd was criticised by climate alarmists when he used to do that.
Short periods of time can have anomalous ups and downs so any argument should be based on century long trends and predicted trends into the next century. If being hot this year is evidence then 20 years have not been particularly hotter is also evidence. You cannot say that small sample is a reliable and a somewhat larger small sample is unreliable.
The complete UAH v6.0 data for July were released on Friday. I present all the graphs for various regions, and as well summaries for easier comparison. The Pause still refuses to go away, despite all expectations.
These graphs show the furthest back one can go to show a zero or negative trend (less than 0.1 +/-0.1C per 100 years) in lower tropospheric temperatures. I calculate 12 month running means to remove the small possibility of seasonal autocorrelation in the monthly anomalies. Note: The satellite record commences in December 1978- now 37 years and 8 months long- 452 months. 12 month running means commence in November 1979. The y-axes in the graphs below are at December 1978, so the vertical gridlines denote Decembers. The final plotted points are July 2016.
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Globe:
The Pause is 3 months shorter.
And, for the special benefit of those who think that…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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