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2011 Global Temperatures

Analysis of global temperatures shows that the year was the 9th hottest in the past 130 years. Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 2000.


NASA images by Jesse Allen, Robert Schmunk, and Robert Simmon, based on data from the Goddard Institue for Space Studies. Caption by Patrick Lynch and Michael Carlowicz, based on reporting by Patrick Lynch.

Published January 20, 2012
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2011

Source:
In situ Measurement