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Alternate Text: Global map of temperature anomalies and animated bar chart of yearly anomalies from 1976-2024
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Global map of temperature anomalies and animated bar chart of yearly anomalies from 1976-2024

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Global temperatures in 2024 were above the 1991-2020 average (red) across most of the planet. Yearly temperatures compared to the 20th-century average (bar chart) show that it has been 48 years since Earth had a cooler-than-average year. NOAA Climate.gov image, based on data from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.