1. Surface temperature analyses from five different groups show 2016 was the planet’s warmest on record:
2. Since 2000, the planet has set a record high temperature five times in NASA’s analysis, including each of the past three years:
3. Bubbles show the ever-rising global temperatures in time series from the British Met Office:
4. Expanding circles show the planet’s average temperature swelling, on a path toward 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in data from the Met Office:
5. Temperatures were warmer than normal in 2016 over all land areas in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s analysis:
6. The Arctic, in particular, displayed “extraordinary warming” in 2016, in this analysis from Berkeley Earth:
7. Dating back to the late 1800s, year by year, the Earth turns redder and warmer in NOAA and NASA analyses:
8. Since 1950, NASA data show most land areas have warmed more than 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit):
9. Between 2015 and 2016, record high temperatures for the planet were set during 16 consecutive months in NOAA’s analysis:
10. 2016 compared to the other warmest years in NOAA’s analysis:
11. This El Niño year was warmer, by far, than any previous El Niño year in NOAA’s analysis:
12. Surface temperature trends are consistent with computer model forecasts:
News releases on 2016 as the warmest year: NOAA, NASA, Met Office, Berkeley Earth