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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 -0.13°C 55
1881 0.03°C 77
1882 0.07°C 80
1883 -0.14°C 54
1884 -0.21°C 30
1885 -0.16°C 49
1886 -0.29°C 16
1887 -0.17°C 45
1888 -0.31°C 14
1889 0.11°C 88
1890 -0.33°C 10
1891 -0.21°C 31
1892 -0.31°C 13
1893 -0.22°C 29
1894 -0.20°C 35
1895 -0.28°C 18
1896 -0.20°C 36
1897 -0.17°C 43
1898 -0.65°C 1
1899 -0.25°C 24
1900 -0.04°C 68
1901 -0.03°C 69
1902 -0.19°C 38
1903 -0.27°C 19
1904 -0.51°C 5
1905 -0.39°C 9
1906 -0.14°C 53
1907 -0.28°C 17
1908 -0.60°C 2
1909 -0.54°C 4
1910 -0.43°C 6
1911 -0.57°C 3
1912 -0.31°C 11
1913 -0.41°C 8
1914 -0.16°C 48
1915 -0.10°C 57
1916 -0.29°C 15
1917 -0.42°C 7
1918 -0.17°C 46
1919 -0.23°C 28
1920 -0.05°C 66
1921 -0.21°C 33
1922 -0.07°C 62
1923 -0.26°C 20
1924 -0.11°C 56
1925 -0.16°C 47
1926 0.09°C 84
1927 -0.25°C 26
1928 -0.25°C 23
1929 -0.26°C 22
1930 -0.06°C 64
1931 -0.00°C 73
1932 -0.18°C 41
1933 -0.25°C 25
1934 -0.26°C 21
1935 -0.15°C 50
1936 -0.21°C 34
1937 -0.18°C 42
1938 0.03°C 79
1939 -0.19°C 40
1940 0.08°C 81
1941 0.10°C 85
1942 0.17°C 95
1943 0.08°C 82
1944 0.36°C 110
1945 0.10°C 86
1946 -0.00°C 74
1947 -0.01°C 71
1948 -0.19°C 39
1949 -0.08°C 61
1950 -0.09°C 60
1951 -0.17°C 44
1952 -0.05°C 67
1953 0.15°C 93
1954 -0.09°C 59
1955 -0.31°C 12
1956 -0.20°C 36
1957 -0.07°C 63
1958 0.12°C 91
1959 0.20°C 97
1960 -0.21°C 32
1961 0.16°C 94
1962 0.12°C 90
1963 -0.03°C 70
1964 -0.14°C 51
1965 -0.10°C 58
1966 -0.00°C 72
1967 0.00°C 76
1968 0.15°C 92
1969 0.12°C 89
1970 0.03°C 78
1971 -0.14°C 52
1972 0.00°C 75
1973 0.33°C 106
1974 -0.05°C 65
1975 0.11°C 87
1976 -0.24°C 27
1977 0.31°C 104
1978 0.22°C 98
1979 0.24°C 100
1980 0.24°C 99
1981 0.41°C 112
1982 0.08°C 83
1983 0.43°C 114
1984 0.27°C 102
1985 0.19°C 96
1986 0.29°C 103
1987 0.25°C 101
1988 0.48°C 118
1989 0.33°C 107
1990 0.73°C 131
1991 0.36°C 109
1992 0.43°C 115
1993 0.42°C 113
1994 0.35°C 108
1995 0.46°C 117
1996 0.32°C 105
1997 0.46°C 116
1998 0.63°C 127
1999 0.37°C 111
2000 0.55°C 120
2001 0.63°C 126
2002 0.79°C 134
2003 0.57°C 121
2004 0.70°C 130
2005 0.69°C 129
2006 0.60°C 124
2007 0.66°C 128
2008 0.76°C 132
2009 0.58°C 122
2010 0.85°C 136
2011 0.58°C 123
2012 0.52°C 119
2013 0.61°C 125
2014 0.77°C 133
2015 0.90°C 137
2016 1.23°C 139
2017 1.02°C 138
2018 0.83°C 135

Citing This Page

  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Global Time Series, published April 2018, retrieved on April 23, 2018 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/