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
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 planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.1°C (2.0°F) since the late 19th century.
Published Jan 19, 2017
Almost all land surfaces on the planet experienced unusually warm temperatures.
Published Mar 17, 2016
April to September 2014 was the hottest spring and summer in 130 years of recordkeeping. Here’s why that matters, and why it doesn’t.
Published Oct 24, 2014
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
Globally averaged temperatures were 0.90 degrees Celsius (1.62 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the long-term mean.
Published Jan 18, 2018
Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.
Published Jan 21, 2016
July 2017 was statistically tied with July 2016 as the warmest month in 137 years of modern record-keeping.
Published Aug 22, 2017
The average global temperature has increased by about 0.8°Celsius since 1880, and two-thirds of the warming occurred after 1975.
Published Dec 10, 2010
The record-warm July continued a streak of ten consecutive months that have set new monthly high-temperature records.
Published Aug 21, 2016
July 2012 was the world’s 4th hottest July recorded since 1880.
Published Aug 17, 2012
Temperatures are warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else in the world. Here’s why.
Published May 26, 2013
2012 ranks among the ten hottest years on record; all ten years have occurred since 1998.
Published Jan 16, 2013
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
Temperatures were well above the norm for the month, setting records and rising well above the long-term trends.
Published Apr 17, 2012
2010 was the 4th warmest summer in the 131-year-temperature record. Unusually warm summers in the U.S. and Europe created the impression of global warming run amuck, but extrapolating global trends based on one or two regions can be misleading.
Published Oct 1, 2010
These maps illustrate just how much warmer temperatures were in 2009 and the decade (2000-2009) compared to average temperatures recorded between 1951 and 1980.
Published Jan 23, 2010
This color-coded map shows global temperatures for May 2010. Although cool conditions prevailed in some heavily populated areas, warm conditions predominated, especially near the poles.
Published Jun 25, 2010
Calendar year 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, but it was still in the top ten warmest years since the start of record-keeping in 1880. Most of Europe, Russia, and the Arctic were warmer than average, while much of the Pacific Ocean was cooler than usual.
Published Jan 21, 2009
