As per the ranking of the global combined land and ocean annually averaged temperature anomaly, 2024 was the warmest year on record, with a warming of almost *** degrees Celsius above the 20th century average. The year 2023 ranked second. An exceptionally strong El Niño event occurred in 2023, which contributed to record global average warming of **** degrees Celsius above the 20th century average. The past ten years were all amongst the warmest on record.
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NCDC. (February 11, 2025). The world's warmest years from 1850 to 2024, by deviation from the global average (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/268150/climate-change-the-worlds-warmest-years-since-1880/
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