2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Earth's global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Earth's global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
- 2020 edged out 2016 by a very small amount, within the margin of error of the analysis, making the years effectively tied for the warmest year on record.
- A separate, independent analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) concluded that 2020 was the second-warmest year in their record, behind 2016.
- Unlike NASA, NOAA also does not infer temperatures in polar regions lacking observations, which accounts for much of the difference between NASA and NOAA records.