2017 set to be among three hottest years

This year will be among the three hottest on record, provisional data suggests, in a new sign of man-made climate change that is aggravating “extraordinary weather” such as hurricanes, droughts and floods

TEMPERATURE ANOMALY (°C)
Relative to 1981-2010 average
El Niño
La Niña 
Neutral

0.6
0.4
0.2 
0
-0.2
-0.4 
-0.6
      1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

2016: Hottest year on record with 0.56°C above average

2017: Global temperatures for January to September were 0.47°C above average, and 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels

2017 is likely to be hottest year in absence of El Niño phenomenon


Sources: World Meteorological Organisation Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS