Rising
This is a rubbing of the Global Surface Temperature Index, which can be thought of as the planet’s vital signs for global warming. When global warming targets are talked about, such as limiting temperature rise to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius, this is the data that is referenced.
The warmest seven years on record have all been since 2015, and the warmest 20 years since 2000.
Rising
2021
Rubbing on xuan paper
34 x 27 in.
1880 -0.16 -0.09 1881 -0.08 -0.13 1882 -0.11 -0.16 1883 -0.17 -0.20 1884 -0.28 -0.24 1885 -0.33 -0.26 1886 -0.31 -0.27 1887 -0.36 -0.27 1888 -0.17 -0.26 1889 -0.10 -0.25 1890 -0.35 -0.25 1891 -0.22 -0.25 1892 -0.27 -0.26 1893 -0.31 -0.26 1894 -0.30 -0.23 1895 -0.22 -0.22 1896 -0.11 -0.20 1897 -0.10 -0.18 1898 -0.27 -0.16 1899 -0.17 -0.17 1900 -0.08 -0.20 1901 -0.15 -0.23 1902 -0.28 -0.26 1903 -0.37 -0.28 1904 -0.46 -0.31 1905 -0.26 -0.34 1906 -0.22 -0.36 1907 -0.38 -0.37 1908 -0.42 -0.39 1909 -0.48 -0.40 1910 -0.43 -0.41 1911 -0.43 -0.38 1912 -0.35 -0.34 1913 -0.34 -0.32 1914 -0.15 -0.30 1915 -0.13 -0.30 1916 -0.35 -0.29 1917 -0.46 -0.29 1918 -0.29 -0.29 1919 -0.27 -0.29 1920 -0.27 -0.27 1921 -0.19 -0.26 1922 -0.28 -0.25 1923 -0.26 -0.24 1924 -0.27 -0.23 1925 -0.22 -0.22 1926 -0.10 -0.21 1927 -0.21 -0.21 1928 -0.20 -0.19 1929 -0.36 -0.19 1930 -0.15 -0.19 1931 -0.09 -0.19 1932 -0.16 -0.18 1933 -0.29 -0.17 1934 -0.12 -0.16 1935 -0.20 -0.14 1936 -0.15 -0.11 1937 -0.03 -0.06 1938 0.00 -0.01 1939 -0.02 0.03 1940 0.13 0.06 1941 0.19 0.09 1942 0.07 0.11 1943 0.09 0.10 1944 0.20 0.07 1945 0.09 0.04 1946 -0.07 0.00 1947 -0.03 -0.04 1948 -0.11 -0.07 1949 -0.11 -0.08 1950 -0.18 -0.08 1951 -0.07 -0.07 1952 0.01 -0.07 1953 0.08 -0.07 1954 -0.13 -0.07 1955 -0.14 -0.06 1956 -0.19 -0.05 1957 0.05 -0.04 1958 0.06 -0.01 1959 0.03 0.01 1960 -0.03 0.03 1961 0.06 0.01 1962 0.03 -0.01 1963 0.05 -0.03 1964 -0.20 -0.04 1965 -0.11 -0.05 1966 -0.06 -0.06 1967 -0.02 -0.05 1968 -0.08 -0.03 1969 0.05 -0.02 1970 0.03 -0.00 1971 -0.08 0.00 1972 0.01 0.00 1973 0.16 -0.00 1974 -0.07 0.01 1975 -0.01 0.02 1976 -0.10 0.04 1977 0.18 0.08 1978 0.07 0.12 1979 0.17 0.17 1980 0.26 0.20 1981 0.32 0.21 1982 0.14 0.22 1983 0.31 0.21 1984 0.16 0.21 1985 0.12 0.22 1986 0.18 0.24 1987 0.32 0.27 1988 0.39 0.31 1989 0.27 0.33 1990 0.45 0.33 1991 0.41 0.33 1992 0.22 0.33 1993 0.23 0.33 1994 0.32 0.34 1995 0.45 0.37 1996 0.33 0.40 1997 0.46 0.42 1998 0.61 0.44 1999 0.38 0.47 2000 0.39 0.50 2001 0.53 0.52 2002 0.63 0.55 2003 0.62 0.58 2004 0.53 0.61 2005 0.68 0.62 2006 0.63 0.62 2007 0.66 0.63 2008 0.54 0.64 2009 0.65 0.64 2010 0.72 0.64 2011 0.61 0.66 2012 0.64 0.69 2013 0.67 0.74 2014 0.74 0.78 2015 0.90 0.83 2016 1.02 0.87 2017 0.92 0.91 2018 0.85 0.92 2019 0.98 0.93 2020 1.02 0.94 2021 0.85 0.94