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Observed global annual average temperature deviations in the period 1850–2009 (in ºC)

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Created : Nov 12, 2009 Published : May 06, 2010 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:37 AM — expired

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The annual deviations shown in the chart have been adjusted to be relative to the period 1850-1899 (for Hadley Centre/CRU) and 1880-1899 (for NASA/GISS) to better monitor the EU objective not to exceed 2 ºC above pre-industrial values. Over Europe average annual temperatures during the real pre-industrial period (1750-1799) were very similar to those during 1850-1899.

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06 Apr 2010

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Temporal coverage:

1850-2010

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SOER2010 | Assessment09 | CSI | Climate change | climate | CSI012 | thematic assessment | climate change | understanding climate change

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Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

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The lines refer to 10-year moving average, the bars to the annual 'land and ocean' global average.

Geographical coverage note: World

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