Results from simulations with the coarse-resolution version of MPI-ESM performed by the RETRO team at DKRZ. The left side shows a normal (prograde) rotating earth. The right side shows a backwards (retrograde) rotating earth. The simulations are forced with pre-industrial boundary conditions. For the full description see the Earth System Dynamics manuscript "The climate of a retrograde rotating earth". The surface temperature of Earth strongly depends on the annual and diurnal cycle of the sun. Further, the atmospheric and oceanic circulation determine local temperature patterns. This simulation of 2-hourly surface temperatures emphasizes the reversal of the diurnal cycle, best evident in the tropics over South America and Africa.