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Climate at a Glance

Global Time Series

Choose from the options below and click "Plot" to create a time series of surface temperature anomalies.
Please note, global and hemispheric anomalies are with respect to the 20th century average. Coordinate anomalies are with respect to the 1981 to 2010 average. All other regional anomalies are with respect to the 1910 to 2000 average.


-90.0 to 90.0

-180.0 to 180.0

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Year Anomaly
(1901-2000 Base Period)		 Rank
1880 -0.17°C 38
1881 -0.22°C 25
1882 -0.21°C 27
1883 -0.16°C 39
1884 -0.17°C 37
1885 -0.13°C 42
1886 -0.23°C 24
1887 -0.29°C 12
1888 0.02°C 75
1889 -0.19°C 32
1890 -0.29°C 11
1891 -0.27°C 18
1892 -0.24°C 22
1893 -0.20°C 31
1894 -0.20°C 29
1895 -0.12°C 45
1896 0.00°C 70
1897 -0.15°C 40
1898 -0.32°C 8
1899 -0.03°C 65
1900 0.05°C 82
1901 -0.27°C 16
1902 -0.27°C 17
1903 -0.43°C 3
1904 -0.40°C 5
1905 -0.29°C 13
1906 -0.27°C 15
1907 -0.30°C 10
1908 -0.51°C 2
1909 -0.39°C 6
1910 -0.42°C 4
1911 -0.34°C 7
1912 -0.52°C 1
1913 -0.31°C 9
1914 -0.09°C 49
1915 -0.17°C 35
1916 -0.26°C 20
1917 -0.26°C 21
1918 -0.09°C 51
1919 -0.21°C 26
1920 -0.20°C 30
1921 -0.06°C 59
1922 -0.24°C 23
1923 -0.15°C 41
1924 -0.28°C 14
1925 -0.12°C 46
1926 -0.07°C 56
1927 0.03°C 76
1928 -0.11°C 47
1929 -0.10°C 48
1930 0.01°C 71
1931 0.01°C 73
1932 -0.09°C 50
1933 -0.19°C 33
1934 -0.07°C 57
1935 -0.01°C 69
1936 -0.03°C 66
1937 0.11°C 92
1938 0.07°C 86
1939 -0.04°C 60
1940 0.10°C 89
1941 0.31°C 112
1942 0.14°C 97
1943 0.30°C 111
1944 0.31°C 113
1945 0.26°C 106
1946 -0.02°C 68
1947 0.05°C 81
1948 -0.08°C 54
1949 -0.04°C 62
1950 -0.17°C 36
1951 0.10°C 90
1952 -0.04°C 61
1953 0.07°C 85
1954 -0.07°C 55
1955 -0.13°C 43
1956 -0.20°C 28
1957 0.01°C 72
1958 0.04°C 78
1959 -0.02°C 67
1960 0.03°C 77
1961 -0.04°C 64
1962 0.08°C 87
1963 0.21°C 102
1964 -0.27°C 19
1965 0.02°C 74
1966 -0.06°C 58
1967 0.12°C 95
1968 0.04°C 79
1969 0.07°C 84
1970 -0.04°C 63
1971 -0.08°C 53
1972 0.09°C 88
1973 0.04°C 80
1974 -0.08°C 52
1975 -0.13°C 44
1976 -0.19°C 34
1977 0.11°C 93
1978 0.06°C 83
1979 0.29°C 107
1980 0.18°C 100
1981 0.17°C 98
1982 0.17°C 99
1983 0.21°C 103
1984 0.12°C 94
1985 0.13°C 96
1986 0.21°C 101
1987 0.33°C 115
1988 0.30°C 108
1989 0.30°C 109
1990 0.42°C 117
1991 0.33°C 114
1992 0.11°C 91
1993 0.24°C 105
1994 0.43°C 118
1995 0.43°C 119
1996 0.23°C 104
1997 0.64°C 128
1998 0.49°C 121
1999 0.37°C 116
2000 0.30°C 110
2001 0.50°C 122
2002 0.47°C 120
2003 0.72°C 134
2004 0.62°C 124
2005 0.69°C 132
2006 0.68°C 130
2007 0.56°C 123
2008 0.67°C 129
2009 0.64°C 127
2010 0.62°C 125
2011 0.63°C 126
2012 0.70°C 133
2013 0.68°C 131
2014 0.78°C 137
2015 0.99°C 139
2016 0.74°C 136
2017 0.73°C 135
2018 0.86°C 138

Citing This Page

  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Global Time Series, published November 2018, retrieved on December 14, 2018 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/