Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1881 to 2009

  • Released Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:54PM
  • ID: 3674

Each year, scientists at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyze global temperature data. The past year, 2009, tied as the second warmest year in the 130 years of global instrumental temperature records, in the surface temperature analysis of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). The Southern Hemisphere set a record as the warmest year for that half of the world. Global mean temperature, was 0.57°C (1.0°F) warmer than climatology (the 1951-1980 base period). Southern Hemisphere mean temperature was 0.49°C (0.88°F) warmer than in the period of climatology. The global record warm year, in the period of near-global instrumental measurements (since the late 1800s), was 2005. This color-coded map displays a long term progression of changing global surface temperatures, from 1881 to 2009. Dark red indicates the greatest warming and dark blue indicates the greatest cooling. For more information on the data used to generate these images, please see http://giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

This color-coded map displays a long term progression of changing global surface temperatures anomalies. The final frame represents this image of global temperature anomalies averaged from 2005 to 2009.

This visualization shows the same data as above with date overlay applied.

Temperature Difference colorbar

Temperature Difference colorbar

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1885 to 1889.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1885 to 1889.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1895 to 1899.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1895 to 1899.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1905 to 1909.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1905 to 1909.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1915 to 1919.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1915 to 1919.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1925 to 1929.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1925 to 1929.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1935 to 1939.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1935 to 1939.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1945 to 1949.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1945 to 1949.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1955 to 1959.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1955 to 1959.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1965 to 1969.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1965 to 1969.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1975 to 1979.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1975 to 1979.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1985 to 1989.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1985 to 1989.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1995 to 1999.

Global Temperature Anomalies averaged from 1995 to 1999.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Data provided by Robert B. Schmunk (NASA/GSFC GISS)

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