2014 was Earth’s hottest year on record

The National Climatic Data Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, noted the average temperatures over land and oceans were higher in 2014 than any year since 1880, when record-keeping began.

This past December also had the third-highest average global land temperature — out of any December in the past 135 years — at 2.45 degrees Fahrenheit above average, according to the same agency.

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