Data shows 2020 was Europe’s warmest year on record

Climate scientists find 2020 tied with 2016 for warmest year on record

A devastating year has another unfortunate claim to fame.

Global temperatures reached record highs in 2020, say EU scientists

BRUSSELS/LONDON -- Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Copernicus Earth observation service said on Friday. Read More

2020 ties with 2016 for warmest year ever recorded, EU climate service says

As years go, 2020 was a record breaker on many levels: chaotic, surprising, bizarre—and sweltering. Even as much of the globe submitted to lockdowns and business activity ground to a halt for weeks or months at a time, the global thermometer still ticked upwards: last year was the hottest year on record, tied with the scorcher of 2016, according to the European Union’s earth observation service. Only a relatively cool December compared to 2019 p…

2020 tied with 2016 for hottest year ever recorded

Global average temperatures in 2020 were tied for the hottest on record, capping what was also the planet's hottest decade, according to new data.

2020 tied with 2016 for hottest year ever recorded

Global average temperatures in 2020 were tied for the hottest on record, capping what was also the planet's hottest decade, according to new data.

2020 tied with 2016 for hottest year ever recorded

Global average temperatures in 2020 were tied for the hottest on record, capping what was also the planet's hottest decade, according to new data.