Global temperatures have been rising
The years 2023 to 2025 were the three hottest on record globally going back well over a century. The chart shows how much warmer or cooler each year's average temperature was compared to the 20th century average.
Temperature chart by year since 1880 showing a rising trend, with the past 11 years the warmest years by quite a bit, and the past three being the three hottest on record.
