In the past decade, there have been record divergences from the recent global average temperature

Annual anomaly compared with global average

temperature for January 1951 to December 1980

+1C

2016

Global temperature was 1.05C above the 1951-1980 average

+0.5

1951-1980

average

0

-0.5

-1

1850

1900

1950

2000

Annual anomaly compared with global average temperature for January 1951 to December 1980

+1C

2016

Global temperature was 1.05C above the 1951-1980 average

+0.5

1951-1980

average

0

-0.5

-1

1850

1900

1950

2000

Guardian graphic. Source: The Berkeley Earth Land/ Ocean Temperature Record. Temperatures recorded refer to land and ocean, using air temperature above sea ice