A NASA analysis shows that global temperatures in 2024 were 1.28 degrees Celsius (2.30 degrees Fahrenheit) above the agency’s 20th-century baseline.
Published Jan 10, 2025
What caused the year to be so hot? Here is a breakdown of the primary factors that scientists considered.
Published Jan 12, 2024Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Earth in 2022 was about 1.11°C (2°F) warmer than the late 19th century average.
Published Jan 12, 2023Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
The past eight years have been the warmest in the global record.
Published Jan 13, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 1.2°C (2°F) since the late 19th century.
Published Jan 14, 2021Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
The past five years have been the warmest of the past 140 years.
Published Jan 15, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
The past five years have been the warmest years in the modern record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2000.
Published Feb 6, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Globally averaged temperatures were 0.90 degrees Celsius (1.62 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the long-term mean.
Published Jan 18, 2018
The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.1°C (2.0°F) since the late 19th century.
Published Jan 19, 2017
Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.
Published Jan 21, 2016
Separate analyses by NASA and NOAA agree that the past year was hotter than any other since 1880. The ten warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000.
Published Jan 17, 2015
The GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index put 2013 into the top ten warmest years in the global record, even though temperatures in the United States were not much warmer than usual.
Published Jan 22, 2014
A NASA research analysis shows how much warmer the Earth has grown compared to an averaged base period from 1951 to 1980.
Published Jan 21, 2014
