The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for February 2017 was +0.35 deg. C, up a little from the January value of +0.30 deg. C (click for full size version):
The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 26 months are:
    YEAR    MO   GLOBE   NHEM.   SHEM.   TROPICS
    2015    01   +0.30   +0.44   +0.15   +0.13
    2015    02   +0.19   +0.34   +0.04   -0.07
    2015    03   +0.18   +0.28   +0.07   +0.04
    2015    04   +0.09   +0.19   -0.01   +0.08
    2015    05   +0.27   +0.34   +0.20   +0.27
    2015    06   +0.31   +0.38   +0.25   +0.46
    2015    07   +0.16   +0.29   +0.03   +0.48
    2015    08   +0.25   +0.20   +0.30   +0.53
    2015    09   +0.23   +0.30   +0.16   +0.55
    2015    10   +0.41   +0.63   +0.20   +0.53
    2015    11   +0.33   +0.44   +0.22   +0.52
    2015    12   +0.45   +0.53   +0.37   +0.61
    2016    01   +0.54   +0.69   +0.39   +0.84
    2016    02   +0.83   +1.16   +0.50   +0.99
    2016    03   +0.73   +0.94   +0.52   +1.09
    2016    04   +0.71   +0.85   +0.58   +0.93
    2016    05   +0.54   +0.65   +0.44   +0.71
    2016    06   +0.34   +0.51   +0.17   +0.37
    2016    07   +0.39   +0.48   +0.30   +0.48
    2016    08   +0.43   +0.55   +0.32   +0.49
    2016    09   +0.44   +0.49   +0.39   +0.37
    2016    10   +0.41   +0.42   +0.39   +0.46
    2016    11   +0.45   +0.40   +0.50   +0.37
    2016    12   +0.24   +0.18   +0.30   +0.21
    2017    01   +0.30   +0.27   +0.33   +0.07
    2017    02   +0.35   +0.54   +0.15   +0.05
The slight warming in February came from Northern Hemisphere land areas. The tropics have cooled by about 1 deg. C from the peak El Nino warmth of 1 year ago.
The UAH LT global anomaly image for February, 2017 should be available in the next several days here.
The new Version 6 files should be updated soon, and are located here:
Lower Troposphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tlt/uahncdc_lt_6.0.txt
Mid-Troposphere:  http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tmt/uahncdc_mt_6.0.txt
Tropopause:  http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/ttp/uahncdc_tp_6.0.txt
Lower Stratosphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tls/uahncdc_ls_6.0.txt

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