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Topic: Temperature rankings

Sunrise over Earth.

2025 finishes as 3rd-warmest year on record for globe

January 14, 2026

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Sunrise over Earth.

Three people on horseback perform search and rescue operations along the river in Hunt, Texas.

Warm, wet July in U.S. marked by deadly floods

August 8, 2025

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Three people on horseback perform search and rescue operations along the river in Hunt, Texas.

A man rests on a bench beside green fields and a bicycle with sun behind him.

June 2025 was Earth’s 3rd warmest on record

July 10, 2025

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A man rests on a bench beside green fields and a bicycle with sun behind him.

Sun rises behind a New York City bridge and buildings with people in shadows

Heat wave at month's end made June 2025 7th-warmest on record for U.S.

July 9, 2025

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Sun rises behind a New York City bridge and buildings with people in shadows

FEBRUARY 6, 2025: People walk through light morning snow in Brooklyn, New York. Despite Arctic air outbreaks and snow in January and February, the U.S. had a relatively warm and dry meteorological winter.

Despite Arctic air outbreaks, U.S. had warm, dry winter on average

March 10, 2025

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025: People walk through light morning snow in Brooklyn, New York. Despite Arctic air outbreaks and snow in January and February, the U.S. had a relatively warm and dry meteorological winter.

People cool off and play in water sprayed from a fire hydrant during hot weather in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. New York state — and the continental U.S. — had their warmest year on record in 2024.

2024 was nation’s warmest year on record

January 10, 2025

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People cool off and play in water sprayed from a fire hydrant during hot weather in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. New York state — and the continental U.S. — had their warmest year on record in 2024.

Photo showing a group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge.

Arctic tundra becoming source of carbon dioxide emissions

December 10, 2024

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Photo showing a group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge.

July 3, 2023: An aerial view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir in Glossop, England, after the United Kingdom sweltered through its hottest June on record. 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, beating the next warmest year (2016) by a record-setting margin of 0.27 of a degree F (0.15 of a degree C).

2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, by far

January 12, 2024

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State of the Climate

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July 3, 2023: An aerial view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir in Glossop, England, after the United Kingdom sweltered through its hottest June on record. 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, beating the next warmest year (2016) by a record-setting margin of 0.27 of a degree F (0.15 of a degree C).

Guy Omnik observing the sea ice near Point Hope, Alaska, in January 2020 as part of the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub. Courtesy of Caroline Nashookpuk.

Warmest Arctic summer on record is evidence of accelerating climate change

December 12, 2023

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Guy Omnik observing the sea ice near Point Hope, Alaska, in January 2020 as part of the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub. Courtesy of Caroline Nashookpuk.

Drought destroyed sunflower crops near the Gardon river on August 10, 2022, in Anduze, France

2022 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

January 12, 2023

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State of the Climate

Drought destroyed sunflower crops near the Gardon river on August 10, 2022, in Anduze, France

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