(6/6) SEE: Map of 2021 Global Significant Climate Events from NOAANCEI StateOfClimate
A man taking in an expansive view of the dry landscape in the vicinity of the Debre Libanos Gorge in Ethiopia, April 2021. Africa logged its third-warmest year on record in 2021, a tie with 2019.
According to an analysis by scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information , 2021 ranked sixth on the list of warmest years on record, dating back to 1880. It also marked the 45th consecutive year with global temperatures rising above the 20th-century average. The years 2013-2021 all rank among the ten-warmest years on record.
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