Temperature record since 1880

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The website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contains detailed data of the annual land and ocean temperature since 1880.

Currently every one of the last 13 years (1994-2006) is one of the warmest 17 on record. These 17 warmest years could be the warmest years for the last several thousand years according to the Temperature record, not just since 1880. The most recent data is the most accurate. See Instrumental temperature record.

Warmest years on record
year deviation from mean in Celsius
2005 0.6061
1998 0.5769
2002 0.5574
2003 0.5571
2006 0.5422
2004 0.5445
2001 0.4906
1997 0.4605
1999 0.3938
1995 0.3889
1990 0.3641
2000 0.3625
1991 0.3206
1988 0.3047
1994 0.2758
1987 0.2576
1996 0.2562

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