Don’t like graphs? This new visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between 1880 and 2021, based on NASA data. White and blue = cooler temperatures Orange and red = warmer temperatures As you can see, temperatures are warmer the closer we get to the present, increasingly due to human activities. More: https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/300/video-climate-spiral/ | NASA Climate Change

Ready to learn some of the basics about climate data? Find out about measuring, modeling, and predicting climate and ways to find and use climate data with our Climate Data Primer. https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/primer/climate-data-primer | NOAA Climate.Gov