If 2013 does come in below the 20th century average, it would be the first year since 1996 to have done so, and would end a 16 - year long run of
above average annual temperature for the U.S..
Not exact matches
There can be no doubt that the planet is warming; 2016 was the fifth time in the 21st century a new record high
annual temperature has been set (along with 2005, 2010, 2014, and 2015) and also marks the 40th consecutive year (since 1977) that the
annual temperature has been
above the 20th century
average.
With its latest
annual effort at what is known as decadal forecasting, the Met Office is predicting that global
temperatures will continue to rise from 2016 through 2020, with those years likely falling between 0.5 ° and 1.4 °F (0.28 and 0.77 °C)
above the 1981 - 2010
average.
The
annual temperature anomalies for 1997 and 1998 were 0.51 °C (0.92 °F) and 0.63 °C (1.13 °F), respectively,
above the 20th century
average, both well below the 2015
temperature departure.
This marks the fourth time in the 21st century a new record high
annual temperature has been set (along with 2005, 2010, and 2014) and also marks the 39th consecutive year (since 1977) that the
annual temperature has been
above the 20th century
average.
This marks the 19th consecutive year the contiguous U.S. has observed an
above -
average annual temperature.
The nationally
averaged annual temperature for the country was 0.1 °C (0.2 °F)
above the 1981 — 2010
average.
Most areas of the world experienced
above -
average annual temperatures, as indicated by the
Temperature Percentiles map below.
Every state had an
annual temperature that was
above average and ranked in at least the warmest third of the historical record.
This marks the fifth time in the 21st century a new record high
annual temperature has been set (along with 2005, 2010, 2014, and 2015) and also marks the 40th consecutive year (since 1977) that the
annual temperature has been
above the 20th century
average.
It also marks 38 straight years of
above -
average global
annual temperatures.
In fact, every state in the United States experienced
above -
average annual temperatures last year, marking the 19th consecutive year in which
average annual temperatures were higher than those of the 20th century.
The COP, by decision 1 / CP.17, noted with grave concern the significant gap between the aggregate effect of Parties» mitigation pledges in terms of global
annual emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 and aggregate emission pathways consistent with having a likely chance of holding the increase in global
average temperature below 2 °C or 1.5 °C
above pre-industrial levels.
The reason I am persisting with this is that I think there has been no plateau in Global warming over the last 10 years, as every year has been
above average thus the average of the population is increasing, meaning Annual Global Average Temperature has been incr
average thus the
average of the population is increasing, meaning Annual Global Average Temperature has been incr
average of the population is increasing, meaning
Annual Global
Average Temperature has been incr
Average Temperature has been increasing.
The global mean
temperature for 2015 is expected to be between 0.52 °C and 0.76 °C *
above the long - term (1961 - 1990)
average of 14.0 °C, with a central estimate of 0.64 °C, according to the Met Office
annual global
temperature forecast.
Figure 1,
above: Global mean
annual average temperature in the simulations with time - varying long - lived species only (top) and due to short - lived species (bottom).
The
annual anomaly of the global
average surface
temperature in 2014 (i.e. the
average of the near - surface air
temperature over land and the SST) was +0.27 °C
above the 1981 - 2010
average (+0.63 °C
above the 20th century
average), and was the warmest since 1891.
The year 2013 also marked «the 37th consecutive year (since 1976) that the
annual temperature was
above the long - term
average.»
On March 24, 2016, just four days after the end of astronomical winter [6]-- which saw
temperatures from 11 to 14 °F
above average in the central Arctic — sea ice in the Arctic hit 5.607 million mi ² (14.52 million km ²), its lowest
annual maximum since records began in 1979.
(01/06/2014) Australia had its warmest year on record, with
annual temperatures 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.16 degrees Fahrenheit)
above the 1961 - 1990
average, according to a new analysis from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
The
average annual temperature for the contiguous U.S. last year was 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 2.6 degrees
above the 20th century
average.
The NOAA National Climatic Data Center's
annual summary posted on January 15 says: «The 2000 - 2009 decade is the warmest on record, with an
average global surface
temperature of 0.54 deg C (0.96 deg F)
above the 20th century
average.
Climate Claim: «Most parts of the planet experienced
above -
average annual temperatures in 2013, NOAA officials said.
In November, delegates to the UN Climate Change Convention
annual negotiations will gather in Paris to try to conclude an ambitious and effective agreement on preventing the global
average temperature rise caused by greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 2 ˚C
above its pre-industrial level.
«Another study of
average annual temperature for 15 stations
above 1800 m in Nepal has reported an
annual increase of over 0.1 degree C per year for the period 1976 - 1996.
-- For the locations in the contiguous U.S. examined in this study, the past six years (POR 2011 - 2016) have seen
average annual temperatures that are 1.2 °F
above the current 30 - year climatological
average used by NOAA (1981 - 2010).
Evidence of warming on the Kola Peninsula (c. AD 1000 — 1300) is provided by treeline studies, which show that pine grew at least 100 — 140 m
above the modern limit during the Medieval period, which corresponds to a (summer or
annual average)
temperature at least 0.8 °C higher than today (Hiller et al. 2001).
A hot - humid climate is defined as a region that receives more than 20 inches (50 cm) of
annual precipitation with approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 degrees F basis)[3,500 cooling degree days (10 degrees C basis)-RSB- or greater and where the monthly
average outdoor
temperature remains
above 45 degrees F (7 degrees C) throughout the year.
A hot - dry climate is defined as region that receives less than 20 inches (50 cm) of
annual precipitation with approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 degrees F basis)[3,500 cooling degree days (10 degrees C basis)-RSB- or greater and where the monthly
average outdoor
temperature remains
above 45 degrees F (7 degrees C) throughout the year.
Annual and seasonal
average temperatures are weighted using the shares of each region's land area within each grid cell; estimates of days
above 95F and below 32F are weighted using the shares of each region's population within each grid cell.
A new report lays it out: Reuters is reporting that according to a new study there is a 90 % change that global
temperature increases can be held to 2 °C
above 19th century levels, if
average annual global investment in greenhouse gas emission reductions is 2 % of GDP between now and 2100.
«Overall my best estimate of the 2014
annual global surface
temperature anomaly is 0.626 + / - 0.05 C
above the 1961 - 1990
average, making it likely to be the hottest year on record after the 0.547 C anomaly in 2010.»