The Version 5.6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for February, 2014 is +0.17 deg. C, down 0.12 deg C from January (click for full size version):

The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 14 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  -0.028
    2014    2   +0.172   +0.325   +0.019  -0.102
Note that most of the cooling was in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere, less in the Northern Hemisphere.
The global image for February 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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