National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | U.S. Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | U.S. Department of Commerce





2019 Was the 2nd-Hottest Year on Record

2019 was the second warmest year since modern record keeping began, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate experts. We work with NOAA to track temperatures around the world and study how they change from year to year. For decades, the overall global temperature has been increasing.