2013 shapes up as one of the hottest on record
15 Nov 2013

This year is on course to be among the top 10 warmest since modern records began in 1850, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
The first nine months, January to September, tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period on record, with a global land and ocean surface temperature of about 0.48°C above the 1961–1990 average.
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