The map above is fake. NOAA has almost no temperature data from Africa, and none from central Africa. They simply made up the record temperatures.

NOAA Thermometer Data

Satellites show that NOAA's" record hot regions in Africa were actually close to normal.

RSS / MSU Data Images / Monthly

Gavin Schmidt at NASA claims the imaginary NOAA data has been replicated by many other institutions.

However, when Gavin is confronted about his obviously bogus temperature graphs, he defends by saying "it is not my data, I get it from NOAA." In fact, all of the supposedly independent agencies get the lion's share of their data from NOAA.