2018 Was the Fourth Warmest Year, Continuing Long Warming Trend

The past five years have been the warmest years in the modern record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2000.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story 2018 Was the Fourth Warmest Year, Continuing Long Warming Trend.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, based on data from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and additional data from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Met Office Hadley Centre, Japanese Meteorological Agency, and Berkeley Earth. Story by Ellen Gray, NASA Earth Science News Team, and Michael Carlowicz.

Published February 6, 2019
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2018