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Global Temperature Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year
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Published January 19, 2017
The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.1°C (2.0°F) since the late 19th century.
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Heat Wave Hits Thailand, India
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Published May 4, 2016
April temperatures soared far above normal, with one location in Thailand breaking the national record.
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Cloud Streets Trace Cold Coastal Winds
Published February 16, 2016
Valentine’s Day didn't warm a lot of hearts in the eastern United States.
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2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record
Published January 21, 2016
Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Published February 28, 2015
Record-setting cold temperatures iced up harbors and waterways across the eastern United States.
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2014 Was the Warmest Year in the Modern Record
Published January 17, 2015
Separate analyses by NASA and NOAA agree that the past year was hotter than any other since 1880. The ten warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000.
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Unusual July Temperatures
Published August 8, 2014
If you live in the northern hemisphere, the past few weeks have been strange. In places where it should be seasonably hot, it’s just warm. In places where weather is usually mild in the summer, it has been ridiculously hot.
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2013 Continued the Long-Term Warming Trend
Published January 22, 2014
The GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index put 2013 into the top ten warmest years in the global record, even though temperatures in the United States were not much warmer than usual.
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Global Temperature Anomaly, 1880–2013
Published January 21, 2014
A NASA research analysis shows how much warmer the Earth has grown compared to an averaged base period from 1951 to 1980.
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Heat Wave Stifles Australia
Published January 12, 2014
Temperatures topping 118° F, 48° C, baked eastern Australia during the final days of 2013 and first week of 2014.
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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Published January 11, 2014
In the midst of a sharp cold snap, the Terra satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Heat Wave in Argentina
Published January 7, 2014
A deadly heatwave left its signature on the land as temperatures soared as high as 45° C (113° F) in December.