Top 10 Hottest Years On Record
There’s no doubt things are warming up on planet earth.
Here are the top 10 hottest years on record:
- 1998 - 32.94 degrees Fahrenheit (0.52 degrees Celsius)
- 2005 - 32.86 degrees Fahrenheit (0.48 degrees Celsius)
- 2003 - 32.83 degrees Fahrenheit (0.46 degrees Celsius)
- 2002 - 32.83 degrees Fahrenheit (0.46 degrees Celsius)
- 2004 - 32.77 degrees Fahrenheit (0.43 degrees Celsius)
- 2006 - 32.76 degrees Fahrenheit (0.42 degrees Celsius)
- 2007 - 32.74 degrees Fahrenheit (0.41 degrees Celsius)
- 2001 - 32.72 degrees Fahrenheit (0.40 degrees Celsius)
- 1997 - 32.65 degrees Fahrenheit (0.36 degrees Celsius)
- 1995 - 32.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.28 degrees Celsius)
These are global figures and are based on average temperatures.
I think most people would agree that the big question of “is global warming really happening?” has now been answered. And the other big question I think is becoming a little outdated (”are humans really responsible”?).
I think relevant questions would go along the lines of “is global warming a good thing?”. And, “if it’s not a good thing, what can we do to change this?”.
Tags: Climate Change, Global Warming, temperatures, top 10 hottest years on record
June 14th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
According to NASA’s newly published data:
* The hottest year on record is 1934, not 1998;
* The third hottest year on record was 1921, not 2006;
* Three of the five hottest years on record occurred before 1940; and
* Six of the top 10 hottest years occurred before 90 percent of the growth in greenhouse gas emissions during the last century occurred.
June 14th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
That’s interesting. Are you able to provide a link to their newly published data?
Last year, NASA provided figures similar to the ones I published (http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/). The only difference is between the years 2007 and 2001. The source of the data was the Climatic Research Unit (http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/).