In 2021, Africa recorded a temperature departure of 1.30 degrees Celsius above the 1910-2000 average. The temperature anomaly made 2021 the third-warmest year on the continent. According to the source, Africa's annual temperature has grown at an average rate of 0.13 degrees Celsius per decade since 1910.
Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021
(in degrees Celsius)
Characteristic
Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C)
2021
1.3
2020
1.19
2019
1.31
2018
1.15
2017
1.12
2016
1.44
2015
1.17
2014
0.97
2013
0.92
2012
0.8
2011
0.76
2010
1.41
2009
0.96
2008
0.7
2007
0.79
2006
0.78
2005
1.03
2004
0.82
2003
0.91
2002
0.84
2001
0.67
2000
0.44
1999
0.65
1998
0.92
1997
0.48
1996
0.5
1995
0.55
1994
0.29
1993
0.42
1992
0.13
1991
0.29
1990
0.56
1989
0.05
1988
0.42
1987
0.78
1986
0.2
1985
0.23
1984
0.23
1983
0.42
1982
0.07
1981
0.12
1980
0.33
1979
0.35
1978
0.09
1977
0.14
1976
-0.26
1975
-0.25
1974
-0.31
1973
0.26
1972
-0.02
1971
-0.25
1970
0.12
1969
0.31
1968
-0.23
1967
-0.32
1966
0.11
1965
-0.27
1964
-0.27
1963
0.05
1962
-0.02
1961
-0.2
1960
0.06
1959
-0.08
1958
0.2
1957
-0.16
1956
-0.39
1955
-0.13
1954
-0.3
1953
-0.2
1952
-0.02
1951
-0.16
1950
-0.33
1949
-0.03
1948
-0.28
1947
0.12
1946
-0.07
1945
-0.12
1944
-0.03
1943
-0.27
1942
0.2
1941
0.38
1940
0.12
1939
-0.13
1938
-0.08
1937
0.04
1936
-0.11
1935
-0.19
1934
-0.1
1933
-0.01
1932
-0.11
1931
0.28
1930
-0.17
1929
-0.27
1928
-0.05
1927
-0.08
1926
0.04
1925
-0.27
1924
-0.08
1923
-0.38
1922
-0.18
1921
-0.46
1920
-0.4
1919
-0.14
1918
-0.66
1917
-0.48
1916
-0.41
1915
-0.03
1914
-0.01
1913
-0.08
1912
-0.19
1911
-0.58
1910
-0.34
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (April 30, 2022). Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307097/anomalies-in-land-surface-temperature-in-africa/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in degrees Celsius)." Chart. April 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307097/anomalies-in-land-surface-temperature-in-africa/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2022). Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in degrees Celsius). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307097/anomalies-in-land-surface-temperature-in-africa/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Annual Anomalies in Land Surface Temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in Degrees Celsius)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307097/anomalies-in-land-surface-temperature-in-africa/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in degrees Celsius) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307097/anomalies-in-land-surface-temperature-in-africa/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, April 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307097/anomalies-in-land-surface-temperature-in-africa/
