NOAA also reported the January–October 2021 global surface temperature was 0.84°C (1.51°F) above average and the sixth highest such period in the 142-year record.
Looking ahead, the year is virtually certain to rank among the ten warmest years on record, with the highest probability of ranking as the sixth warmest year on record.
here is how January-October temperature anomalies rank with the 142-year record. there is an unmistakeable rising trend.
The first ten months of the year were characterized by much-warmer-than-average conditions across much of the globe. Record-warm January–October temperatures were present across parts of northern Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and across parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Cooler-than-average January–October temperatures were present across the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. However, no land or ocean areas had a record-cold January–October temperature.
