Africa: land temperature anomalies 1910-2021

In 2021, Africa recorded a temperature departure of 1.30 degrees Celsius above the 1910-2000 average. The temperature anomaly made 2021 the third-warmest year on the continent. According to the source, Africa's annual temperature has grown at an average rate of 0.13 degrees Celsius per decade since 1910.

Annual anomalies in land surface temperature in Africa from 1910 to 2021 (in degrees Celsius)

Characteristic	Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C)
2021	1.3
2020	1.19
2019	1.31
2018	1.15
2017	1.12
2016	1.44
2015	1.17
2014	0.97
2013	0.92
2012	0.8
2011	0.76
2010	1.41
2009	0.96
2008	0.7
2007	0.79
2006	0.78
2005	1.03
2004	0.82
2003	0.91
2002	0.84
2001	0.67
2000	0.44
1999	0.65
1998	0.92
1997	0.48
1996	0.5
1995	0.55
1994	0.29
1993	0.42
1992	0.13
1991	0.29
1990	0.56
1989	0.05
1988	0.42
1987	0.78
1986	0.2
1985	0.23
1984	0.23
1983	0.42
1982	0.07
1981	0.12
1980	0.33
1979	0.35
1978	0.09
1977	0.14
1976	-0.26
1975	-0.25
1974	-0.31
1973	0.26
1972	-0.02
1971	-0.25
1970	0.12
1969	0.31
1968	-0.23
1967	-0.32
1966	0.11
1965	-0.27
1964	-0.27
1963	0.05
1962	-0.02
1961	-0.2
1960	0.06
1959	-0.08
1958	0.2
1957	-0.16
1956	-0.39
1955	-0.13
1954	-0.3
1953	-0.2
1952	-0.02
1951	-0.16
1950	-0.33
1949	-0.03
1948	-0.28
1947	0.12
1946	-0.07
1945	-0.12
1944	-0.03
1943	-0.27
1942	0.2
1941	0.38
1940	0.12
1939	-0.13
1938	-0.08
1937	0.04
1936	-0.11
1935	-0.19
1934	-0.1
1933	-0.01
1932	-0.11
1931	0.28
1930	-0.17
1929	-0.27
1928	-0.05
1927	-0.08
1926	0.04
1925	-0.27
1924	-0.08
1923	-0.38
1922	-0.18
1921	-0.46
1920	-0.4
1919	-0.14
1918	-0.66
1917	-0.48
1916	-0.41
1915	-0.03
1914	-0.01
1913	-0.08
1912	-0.19
1911	-0.58
1910	-0.34