![Global map of temperature patterns combined with animated bar graph of yearly temperature anomalies from 1976 to 2022](/sites/default/files/2023-01/2022_globaltempanom_recap.gif)
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(map) Global average surface temperature in 2022 compared to the 1991-2020 average, with places that were warmer than average colored red, and places that were cooler than average colored blue. (graph) The bars on the graph show global temperatures compared to the 20th-century average each year from 2022 (right) back to 1976 (left)–the last year the world was cooler than average. NOAA Climate.gov image, based on data from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.