Global warming trend continues

The past five years have been, collectively, the hottest on record, with 2018 the fourth-warmest since modern records began

GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES, 2014-2018

Higher than normal temperatures
Lower than normal temperatures

ASIA
Indian Ocean

EUROPE 
AFRICA
Indian Ocean

AMERICAS
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
   

GLOBAL ANNUAL SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGE
Temperature anomaly (°C)

1.0
0.5
  0
-0.5
    1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
1880 to present, with base period 1951-1980

2018: 0.83°C 
1.01°C
1880: -0.18°C

Global annual mean, based on land and ocean data

Lowess (Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing) Smooth line for easier interpretation of data

Since 1880s, average global surface temperature has risen just over 1°C


           

Source: NASA – Goddard Institute for Space Studies Pictures: GSFC © GRAPHIC NEWS