Skip to main content
Skip to site search

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

Place mouse on axis and left-click to pan; wheel up/down for zoom in/out (or shift key+left-click).

Download: xml csv json
Year Anomaly
(1901-2000 Base Period)		 Rank
1880 -0.09°C 56
1881 -0.03°C 72
1882 -0.03°C 71
1883 -0.15°C 41
1884 -0.21°C 30
1885 -0.27°C 17
1886 -0.20°C 31
1887 -0.26°C 20
1888 -0.20°C 32
1889 -0.06°C 64
1890 -0.33°C 9
1891 -0.25°C 21
1892 -0.27°C 18
1893 -0.35°C 7
1894 -0.28°C 15
1895 -0.25°C 22
1896 -0.10°C 53
1897 -0.07°C 59
1898 -0.28°C 16
1899 -0.15°C 39
1900 -0.08°C 58
1901 -0.11°C 51
1902 -0.22°C 26
1903 -0.31°C 12
1904 -0.47°C 2
1905 -0.33°C 10
1906 -0.19°C 33
1907 -0.36°C 6
1908 -0.43°C 4
1909 -0.45°C 3
1910 -0.34°C 8
1911 -0.48°C 1
1912 -0.29°C 14
1913 -0.37°C 5
1914 -0.15°C 42
1915 -0.06°C 63
1916 -0.25°C 22
1917 -0.31°C 11
1918 -0.21°C 29
1919 -0.17°C 37
1920 -0.18°C 36
1921 -0.15°C 40
1922 -0.23°C 25
1923 -0.26°C 19
1924 -0.22°C 27
1925 -0.19°C 34
1926 -0.03°C 70
1927 -0.16°C 38
1928 -0.18°C 35
1929 -0.31°C 13
1930 -0.14°C 44
1931 -0.07°C 61
1932 -0.10°C 52
1933 -0.23°C 24
1934 -0.13°C 48
1935 -0.13°C 46
1936 -0.14°C 43
1937 -0.03°C 74
1938 -0.02°C 75
1939 -0.06°C 62
1940 0.07°C 85
1941 0.18°C 97
1942 0.15°C 95
1943 0.10°C 90
1944 0.32°C 110
1945 0.18°C 99
1946 0.02°C 79
1947 -0.06°C 66
1948 -0.05°C 68
1949 -0.05°C 67
1950 -0.14°C 45
1951 -0.06°C 65
1952 0.06°C 82
1953 0.12°C 93
1954 -0.13°C 47
1955 -0.11°C 50
1956 -0.21°C 28
1957 0.02°C 80
1958 0.11°C 92
1959 0.09°C 88
1960 0.00°C 78
1961 0.11°C 91
1962 0.09°C 88
1963 0.09°C 86
1964 -0.12°C 49
1965 -0.10°C 55
1966 -0.01°C 77
1967 -0.03°C 73
1968 -0.04°C 69
1969 0.06°C 84
1970 0.06°C 83
1971 -0.10°C 54
1972 -0.01°C 76
1973 0.21°C 101
1974 -0.07°C 60
1975 0.04°C 81
1976 -0.09°C 57
1977 0.21°C 102
1978 0.10°C 89
1979 0.18°C 98
1980 0.26°C 104
1981 0.31°C 109
1982 0.16°C 96
1983 0.35°C 112
1984 0.19°C 100
1985 0.13°C 94
1986 0.24°C 103
1987 0.36°C 113
1988 0.40°C 114
1989 0.29°C 106
1990 0.42°C 115
1991 0.43°C 116
1992 0.29°C 105
1993 0.30°C 107
1994 0.31°C 108
1995 0.47°C 119
1996 0.33°C 111
1997 0.48°C 120
1998 0.68°C 133
1999 0.44°C 117
2000 0.47°C 118
2001 0.54°C 122
2002 0.63°C 129
2003 0.59°C 126
2004 0.56°C 123
2005 0.65°C 132
2006 0.58°C 124
2007 0.64°C 130
2008 0.51°C 121
2009 0.63°C 128
2010 0.72°C 134
2011 0.58°C 125
2012 0.62°C 127
2013 0.65°C 131
2014 0.73°C 135
2015 0.86°C 136

Citing This Page

  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Global Time Series, published March 2018, retrieved on April 5, 2018 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/