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History of Earth's surface temperature 1880-2016
January 17, 2017
2016 Officially Warmest Year on Record
This animation shows annual
temperatures each year since 1880
compared to the twentieth-century
average, ending with record-warm
2016. Because of global warming
due to increasing greenhouse gases,
the maps from the early years in the
animation are dominated by shades
of blue, indicating temperatures
were up to 3°C (5.4°F) cooler than
the twentieth-century average.
Recent years' maps are dominated
by shades of red.
Additional Assets: global temp animation 1880-2016
(19 MB mp4)
2016 is officially the new warmest year on record, edging out previous record holder
2015 by 0.07°F, according to NOAA. It is the third year in a row that global average
surface temperature set a new record, and the fifth time the record has been broken
since the start of the twenty-first century.
Video Credit: NOAA Environmental Visualization
Lab
Rating: This animation shows annual temperatures each year since 1880 compared to the
twentieth-century average, ending with record-warm 2016. Because of global warming
due to increasing greenhouse gases, the maps from the late 1800s and the early 1900s
are dominated by shades of blue, indicating temperatures were up to 3°C (5.4°F) cooler
than the twentieth-century average. By the 1980s, the maps take on shades of yellow, with a few large cooler-than-average
spots shifting around from year to year. By the 2000s, most of the planet is orange and
red—up to 3°C (5.4°F) warmer than the long-term average, with only a few isolated
cool spots from year to year. Climate experts have long known that global warming due to increasing greenhouse
gases won’t necessarily mean that each year on Earth will be warmer than the last. Even as the planet warms over the long-term, natural variability will continue to make
some years warmer or cooler than their nearest neighbors. So the string of three
record-breaking years in a row is unlikely to continue in 2017, especially because La
Niña—the cool phase of the major natural climate pattern “ENSO”—developed in late
2016 and continued into early 2017.
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History of Earth's surface temperature 1880-2016...
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For more stats and information on global climate in 2016, read the summary from the
National Centers for Environmental Information.
About these maps
The official NOAA global surface temperature product does not interpolate over the
Arctic, the Antarctic, or parts of Africa where there are no observations. In an
interpolation, a computer algorithm estimates some missing values using statistical
inferences. This animation is based on an interpolation of the official NOAA global
temperature monitoring data set (the Merged Land and Ocean Surface Temperature
data). In this case, we’ve interpolated across some of the missing data areas to
minimize the visual distraction that results from the areas of missing data jumping
around from map to map over time. The official maps are available from the NCEI
website.
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