2015 set to be hottest

year on record

0.7

Analysts warn that global average temperatures in 2015 are likely to be the warmest on record due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming

0.6

0.5

TEMPERATURE ANOMALY (°C)

0.4

Relative to 1961-90 average

0.3

Next year may be even warmer

as levels of greenhouse gases

have risen every year for past

30 years and El Niño is likely

to continue into 2016

0.2

0.1

2011-15:

Hottest five-year period on

record, at 0.57°C above average

-0.1

Jan-Oct 2015: 0.73°C – hotter than

any previous 12-month period. 2015

average likely to reach threshold

of 1C above pre-industrial era

-0.2

-0.3

El Niño

La Niña

Other

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

Source: World Meteorological Organization

2015 set to be hottest

year on record

Analysts warn that global average temperatures in 2015 are likely to be the warmest on record due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming

TEMPERATURE ANOMALY (°C)

Relative to 1961-90 average

0.7

Next year may be even warmer

as levels of greenhouse gases

have risen every year for past

30 years and El Niño is likely

to continue into 2016

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

El Niño

La Niña

0.2

Other

0.1

-0.1

Hottest

2011-15:

five-year period on

record, at 0.57°C

above average

-0.2

-0.3

-0.4

Jan-Oct 2015: 0.73°C – hotter than

any previous 12-month period. 2015

average likely to reach threshold

of 1C above pre-industrial era

-0.5

-0.6

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

Source: World Meteorological Organization

2015 set to be

hottest year

on record

Analysts warn that global average temperatures in 2015 are likely to be the warmest on record due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming

TEMPERATURE ANOMALY (°C)

Relative to 1961-90 average

0.7

Next year may be even

warmer as levels of

greenhouse gases

have risen every

year for past

30 years and

El Niño is likely

to continue

into 2016

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

-0.1

-0.2

-0.3

Hottest five-year

2011-15:

-0.4

period on record, at

0.57°C above average

-0.5

Jan-Oct 2015: 0.73°C – hotter

than any previous 12-month

period. 2015 average likely to

reach threshold of 1C above

pre-industrial era

1950

1970

1990

2010

Source: World Meteorological Organization

Graphic shows global temperature anomaly between 1950 and 2015.

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2015 set to be hottest year on record

By Jordi Bou

November 25, 2015 - Analysts warn that global average temperatures in 2015 are likely to be the warmest on record due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming. The new findings are likely to feature prominently at COP21 in Paris next week, when global political leaders and negotiators will aim to secure a new global deal that would limit emissions of carbon dioxide