Global Climate Report - June 2016
2016 year-to-date temperatures versus previous years

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• 2016 year-to-date temperatures versus previous years

2016 year-to-date temperatures versus previous years

This graphic compares the year-to-date temperature anomalies for 2016 (black line) to what were ultimately the seven warmest years on record: 2015, 2014, 2010, 2013, 2005, 2009, and 1998. Each month along each trace represents the year-to-date average temperature anomaly. In other words, the January value is the January average temperature anomaly, the February value is the average anomaly of both January and February, and so on. The average global land and ocean surface temperature for January–June 2016 was 1.05°C (1.89°F) above the 20^th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F)—the highest global land and ocean temperature for January–June in the 1880–2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.20°C (0.36°F).

The anomalies themselves represent departures from the 20^th century average temperature. The graph zooms into the warmest part of the entire history.

Global Year to Date Temperature Anomalies