Tag: Global temperature

• Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:20 UTC

  November, warmest month since modern temperature record keeping began in 1880

  

  Last month was the warmest November since modern temperature record keeping began in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in its latest State of the Climate Report, which summarizes climate-related news from around the world.

• Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 07:42 UTC

  Manmade global warming is making 2013 the seventh warmest year since 1850

  

  This year is the seventh warmest since records began in 1850 with a trend to weather extremes and the impact of storms such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines aggravated by rising sea levels, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 15:24 UTC

  Global average temperature in 2011 the ninth warmest in modern records

  

  The global average temperature in 2011 was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said this week.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 21:00 UTC

  Global temperature in 2011, the tenth highest on record, says WMO

  

  Global temperatures in 2011 are currently the tenth highest on record and are higher than any previous year with a La Niña event, which has a relative cooling influence. The 13 warmest years have all occurred in the 15 years since 1997. The extent of Arctic sea ice in 2011 was the second lowest on record, and its volume was the lowest.