Temperatures have risen in the last 100 years around the world. In the 1910s, global average temperatures were some 0.38 degrees Celsius lower than the average temperatures between 1910 and 2000. In the most recent decade, the world experienced temperatures that were 1.21 degrees Celsius over the average.
Change in average temperature worldwide from 1910 to 2019, by decade
(in degrees Celsius)
Characteristic
Temperature change in degrees Celsius
2010s*
1.21
2000s
0.94
1990s
0.59
1980s
0.35
1970s
0.06
1960s
0
1950s
-0.06
1940s
0.04
1930s
-0.07
1920s
-0.25
1910s
-0.38
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