Temperature increase globally by region

Temperatures have risen in the last 100 years around the world. In the 1910s, North America had an average temperature some 0.54 degrees Celsius lower than average temperatures between 1910 and 2000. In the most recent decade, this region experienced temperatures 1.19 degrees Celsius over the average.

All global regions (excluding Oceania) experienced an increased temperature over one degree Celsius in the 2010s, compared to the average between 1910 and 2000.

Change in average temperature by decade worldwide from 1910 to 2019, by region (in degrees Celsius)*

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1910s to 2010s

Supplementary notes

* Average temperature difference relative to a 1910-2000 average.

** Figure for 2010 refers to an average between 2010 and at the latest September 2019 (exact month was not listed).

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