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Topic: Global average temperatures

July 3, 2023: An aerial view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir in Glossop, England, after the United Kingdom sweltered through its hottest June on record. 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, beating the next warmest year (2016) by a record-setting margin of 0.27 of a degree F (0.15 of a degree C).

2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, by far

January 12, 2024

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State of the Climate

July 3, 2023: An aerial view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir in Glossop, England, after the United Kingdom sweltered through its hottest June on record. 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, beating the next warmest year (2016) by a record-setting margin of 0.27 of a degree F (0.15 of a degree C).

GOES full disk image January 1, 2016.

A look at all 173 of NOAA's new global temperature maps

February 24, 2023

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GOES full disk image January 1, 2016.

Drought destroyed sunflower crops near the Gardon river on August 10, 2022, in Anduze, France

2022 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

January 12, 2023

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State of the Climate

Drought destroyed sunflower crops near the Gardon river on August 10, 2022, in Anduze, France

Man (lower right) takes in the expansive view of the dry arable landscape near Debre Libanos Gorge in Ethiopia. April 2021 photo.

2021 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

January 13, 2022

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State of the Climate

Man (lower right) takes in the expansive view of the dry arable landscape near Debre Libanos Gorge in Ethiopia. April 2021 photo.

October 2021 was world’s fourth warmest on record

November 15, 2021

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State of the Climate

September 2021 was Earth’s 5th warmest on record

October 14, 2021

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State of the Climate

The front cover of the State of the Climate in 2020 Report issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on August 25, 2021.

International report confirms 2020 was among 3 warmest years on record for planet

August 25, 2021

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The front cover of the State of the Climate in 2020 Report issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on August 25, 2021.

March 2021 and year to date were among Earth’s top-10 warmest

April 13, 2021

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Earth had its coolest February on record since 2014

March 12, 2021

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State of the Climate

A snowcat vehicle transports Japanese researchers to Dome Fuji, East Antarctica. A high ridge on the plateau is home to the coldest place on Earth today that sees temperatures between -30 and -80 degrees Celsius. 2019 photo.

What's the coldest temperature Earth has ever been?

February 19, 2021

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A snowcat vehicle transports Japanese researchers to Dome Fuji, East Antarctica. A high ridge on the plateau is home to the coldest place on Earth today that sees temperatures between -30 and -80 degrees Celsius. 2019 photo.

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