Global surface temperature anomaly (NASA GISTEMP)
Global mean land-ocean surface temperature since 1880 from NASA's GISTEMP v4 analysis, expressed as the difference from the 1951–1980 average. One row per year, with the annual (January–December) mean plus each month and season.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | Year | year | — |
| annual_anomaly | Annual anomaly | number · °C | January–December mean global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 average (GISTEMP 'J-D'). |
| dec_nov_anomaly | Dec–Nov anomaly | number · °C | Mean of December of the previous year through November, compared with the 1951–1980 average (GISTEMP 'D-N'). |
| jan | Jan | number · °C | January global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 January average. |
| feb | Feb | number · °C | February global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 February average. |
| mar | Mar | number · °C | March global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 March average. |
| apr | Apr | number · °C | April global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 April average. |
| may | May | number · °C | May global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 May average. |
| jun | Jun | number · °C | June global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 June average. |
| jul | Jul | number · °C | July global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 July average. |
| aug | Aug | number · °C | August global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 August average. |
| sep | Sep | number · °C | September global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 September average. |
| oct | Oct | number · °C | October global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 October average. |
| nov | Nov | number · °C | November global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 November average. |
| dec | Dec | number · °C | December global surface temperature, compared with the 1951–1980 December average. |
| djf | DJF | number · °C | Winter season (December of the previous year, January, February), compared with 1951–1980. |
| mam | MAM | number · °C | Spring season (March, April, May), compared with 1951–1980. |
| jja | JJA | number · °C | Summer season (June, July, August), compared with 1951–1980. |
| son | SON | number · °C | Autumn season (September, October, November), compared with 1951–1980. |
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