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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. Continental anomalies are with respect to the 1910 to 2000 average. Coordinate anomalies are with respect to the 1981 to 2010 average.


-90.0 to 90.0

-180.0 to 180.0

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Year Anomaly
(1901-2000 Base Period)		 Rank
1880 -0.07°C 60
1881 0.03°C 78
1882 -0.15°C 44
1883 -0.15°C 45
1884 -0.13°C 48
1885 -0.28°C 17
1886 -0.16°C 41
1887 -0.23°C 22
1888 -0.15°C 42
1889 -0.03°C 67
1890 -0.38°C 9
1891 -0.14°C 46
1892 -0.29°C 14
1893 -0.33°C 10
1894 -0.29°C 13
1895 -0.20°C 32
1896 -0.09°C 57
1897 -0.01°C 74
1898 -0.31°C 11
1899 -0.13°C 47
1900 -0.03°C 66
1901 -0.12°C 52
1902 -0.26°C 19
1903 -0.38°C 8
1904 -0.43°C 5
1905 -0.28°C 16
1906 -0.21°C 29
1907 -0.47°C 2
1908 -0.40°C 7
1909 -0.45°C 4
1910 -0.30°C 12
1911 -0.48°C 1
1912 -0.23°C 24
1913 -0.40°C 6
1914 -0.17°C 38
1915 -0.06°C 61
1916 -0.22°C 25
1917 -0.45°C 3
1918 -0.27°C 18
1919 -0.17°C 37
1920 -0.16°C 40
1921 -0.18°C 35
1922 -0.26°C 20
1923 -0.24°C 21
1924 -0.20°C 33
1925 -0.21°C 27
1926 -0.12°C 51
1927 -0.21°C 26
1928 -0.18°C 36
1929 -0.29°C 15
1930 -0.19°C 34
1931 -0.15°C 43
1932 -0.17°C 39
1933 -0.21°C 28
1934 -0.04°C 63
1935 -0.20°C 31
1936 -0.12°C 53
1937 -0.02°C 72
1938 -0.02°C 71
1939 -0.03°C 65
1940 0.06°C 82
1941 0.24°C 101
1942 0.17°C 94
1943 0.13°C 89
1944 0.27°C 104
1945 0.17°C 95
1946 -0.03°C 68
1947 -0.02°C 70
1948 0.14°C 90
1949 -0.01°C 73
1950 -0.05°C 62
1951 0.06°C 81
1952 0.03°C 79
1953 0.14°C 91
1954 -0.20°C 30
1955 -0.13°C 49
1956 -0.23°C 23
1957 0.11°C 87
1958 0.10°C 86
1959 0.02°C 77
1960 -0.09°C 56
1961 0.16°C 93
1962 0.06°C 83
1963 0.01°C 75
1964 -0.10°C 54
1965 -0.08°C 59
1966 -0.04°C 64
1967 0.12°C 88
1968 -0.08°C 58
1969 0.17°C 96
1970 0.04°C 80
1971 -0.09°C 55
1972 0.01°C 76
1973 0.21°C 99
1974 -0.03°C 69
1975 0.07°C 85
1976 -0.12°C 50
1977 0.24°C 100
1978 0.06°C 84
1979 0.15°C 92
1980 0.32°C 108
1981 0.26°C 103
1982 0.19°C 97
1983 0.29°C 107
1984 0.28°C 106
1985 0.19°C 98
1986 0.25°C 102
1987 0.33°C 110
1988 0.38°C 114
1989 0.27°C 105
1990 0.42°C 119
1991 0.41°C 117
1992 0.32°C 109
1993 0.34°C 111
1994 0.38°C 113
1995 0.35°C 112
1996 0.38°C 115
1997 0.42°C 118
1998 0.66°C 131
1999 0.40°C 116
2000 0.46°C 121
2001 0.60°C 128
2002 0.56°C 124
2003 0.59°C 127
2004 0.44°C 120
2005 0.66°C 130
2006 0.55°C 123
2007 0.61°C 129
2008 0.50°C 122
2009 0.59°C 126
2010 0.76°C 134
2011 0.57°C 125
2012 0.72°C 133
2013 0.71°C 132
2014 0.79°C 135
2015 0.86°C 138
2016 0.88°C 139
2017 0.82°C 137
2018 0.80°C 136

Citing This Page

  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Global Time Series, published June 2018, retrieved on June 20, 2018 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/