Annual average global mean data derived from the MSU Lower Stratosphere
T temperature product.  The "global mean" is computed for
latitudes 70S to 82.5 N.
Original Data Source: http://www.remss.com/pub/msu/monthly_time_series/
This is the microwave satellite lower tropospheric (near-surface) temperature product.



year	T70S82.5N
1.979500e+03	3.335000e-01
1.980500e+03	2.617500e-01
1.981500e+03	2.045000e-01
1.982500e+03	7.287500e-01
1.983500e+03	6.552500e-01
1.984500e+03	-6.675000e-02
1.985500e+03	-2.334167e-01
1.986500e+03	-1.770833e-01
1.987500e+03	-1.920000e-01
1.988500e+03	-1.467500e-01
1.989500e+03	-4.458333e-02
1.990500e+03	-5.516667e-02
1.991500e+03	4.205000e-01
1.992500e+03	7.630000e-01
1.993500e+03	-1.403333e-01
1.994500e+03	-3.895833e-01
1.995500e+03	-4.882500e-01
1.996500e+03	-5.783333e-01
1.997500e+03	-4.516667e-01
1.998500e+03	-4.034167e-01
1.999500e+03	-4.100833e-01
2.000500e+03	-4.784167e-01
2.001500e+03	-3.037500e-01
2.002500e+03	-2.499167e-01
2.003500e+03	-3.180000e-01
2.004500e+03	-3.619167e-01
2.005500e+03	-4.807500e-01
2.006500e+03	-4.775833e-01
2.007500e+03	-4.715833e-01