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Graphs of yearly global surface temperature compared to the 1991-2020 average from 1850 to 2023, based on data from four different sources: NOAA, NASA, the U.K. Met Office Hadley Center, and Berkeley Earth. Despite small differences among the records from year to year, all show our planet's warming trend, ending with a new record high temperature in 2023. NOAA Climate.gov image, adapted from Figure 2.1a in State of the Climate in 2023. Background photo from Adobe Stock.