NOAA is one of an assortment of different large scientific organizations that tries to keep track of global warming in real time. Due to the difficulties of gathering and calculating data, there's always a bit of a delay, but they already have the data out for October, and it's alarming:
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201810
October 2018 was the second-warmest October in the instrument record. And, unlike with the warmest October, in 2015, we can't view this as a short-term anomaly associated with a strong El Nino event. In fact, this year has been part of a La Nina cycle, so in theory it should be colder than the overall trend-line, and yet we're still right on the heels of record highs. Year-to-date, it's the fourth-hottest on record, with the three that are ahead of it being the last three years.
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201810
October 2018 was the second-warmest October in the instrument record. And, unlike with the warmest October, in 2015, we can't view this as a short-term anomaly associated with a strong El Nino event. In fact, this year has been part of a La Nina cycle, so in theory it should be colder than the overall trend-line, and yet we're still right on the heels of record highs. Year-to-date, it's the fourth-hottest on record, with the three that are ahead of it being the last three years.