2014 - Warmest Year in Modern Record

The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since records began in 1880.


9 of the 10 warmest years in the instrumental record have now occurred since the year 2000.

The exception was 1998, which was affected by a very strong El Nino event.



That means nobody born since 1976 has experienced a colder-than-average year.

2014 was not even affected by an El Nino, which has been the case for previous record years.

Chart showing global mean temperature anomaly in comparison to the El Nino phase

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