Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 ranked second-warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Global temperatures in 2019 were 2ºF (1.1°C) warmer than the late 19th century, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
The temperatures in 2019 were second only to those of 2016 and continued the planet’s long-term warming trend: the five warmest years on the instrumental record have been the five last years.