Global Temperature
LATEST MEASUREMENT:
LATEST ANNUAL AVERAGE ANOMALY:
2022
An example of a temperature anomaly is how much warmer or colder than the long-term average a unit of time something is (like how much warmer than average the most recent year was globally).
0.89
°C
1.6 °F
This graph shows the change in global surface temperature compared to the long-term average from 1951 to 1980. The year 2020 statistically tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record since recordkeeping began in 1880 (source: NASA/GISS). NASA’s analyses generally match independent analyses prepared by the Climatic Research Unit and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The animation on the right shows the change in global surface temperatures. Dark blue shows areas cooler than average. Dark red shows areas warmer than average. Short-term variations are smoothed out using a 5-year running average to make trends more visible in this map.
The data shown are the latest available, updated annually.
GLOBAL LAND-OCEAN TEMPERATURE INDEX
Data source: NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). Credit: NASA/GISS
Time Series: 1884 to 2022
Data source: NASA/GISS
Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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