The Version 5.6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for September, 2014 is +0.29 deg. C, up from the August value of +0.20 deg. C (click for full size version):

The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 21 months are:
    YR  MON  GLOBAL   NH    SH    TROPICS
    2013    1   +0.497   +0.517   +0.478   +0.386
    2013    2   +0.203   +0.372   +0.033   +0.195
    2013    3   +0.200   +0.333   +0.067   +0.243
    2013    4   +0.114   +0.128   +0.101   +0.165
    2013    5   +0.082   +0.180  -0.015   +0.112
    2013    6   +0.295   +0.335   +0.255   +0.220
    2013    7   +0.173   +0.134   +0.211   +0.074
    2013    8   +0.158   +0.111   +0.206   +0.009
    2013    9   +0.365   +0.339   +0.390   +0.190
    2013   10   +0.290   +0.331   +0.249   +0.031
    2013   11   +0.193   +0.160   +0.226   +0.020
    2013   12   +0.266   +0.272   +0.260   +0.057
    2014    1   +0.291   +0.387   +0.194  -0.029
    2014    2   +0.170   +0.320   +0.020  -0.103
    2014    3   +0.170   +0.338   +0.002  -0.001
    2014    4   +0.190   +0.358   +0.022   +0.092
    2014    5   +0.326   +0.325   +0.328   +0.175
    2014    6   +0.305   +0.315   +0.295   +0.510
    2014    7   +0.304   +0.289   +0.319   +0.451
    2014    8   +0.199   +0.244   +0.153   +0.061
    2014    9   +0.294   +0.188   +0.400   +0.182
It should be remembered that during ENSO, there is a 1-2 month lag between SST change and tropospheric temperature changes, so what the SST anomaly is doing lately gives you a rough idea of how the tropospheric temperature anomaly will be changing in a couple of months.
The global image for September should be available in the next day or so here.
Popular monthly data files (these might take a few days to update):
uahncdc_lt_5.6.txt (Lower Troposphere)
uahncdc_mt_5.6.txt (Mid-Troposphere)
uahncdc_ls_5.6.txt (Lower Stratosphere)

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