2015 Annual Global Climate Report

<> 2015 Annual Global Climate Report - The globally averaged temperature, over land and ocean surfaces for 2015, was the highest since record keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA scientists -- during the final month, the December combined global land and ocean average surface temperature departure from average was the highest on record for any month in the 136-year record – in an independent analysis of global temperature data, also released, NASA scientists also found 2015 to be the warmest on record.