Many parts of the world had temperatures far above average in 2022

Surface air temperature anomaly from 1991-2020 average, per month (2022)

-6

-4

-2

-1

0.5

1

2

4

-8C

-0.5

6

8C

January

High temperatures

in Asia, Europe

February

Europe, Asia, Africa

April

Asia, Africa, Antarctica

March

Asia, Arctic, Antarctica

May

Asia, Europe, Antarctica,

North America

June

North America, Europe,

Asia, Africa, Antarctica

August

North America, Europe,

Asia, Africa

July

North and South

America, Europe, Asia

September

North America,

Africa, Asia, Arctic

October

Asia, Arctic,

North America, Africa

November

Europe, Asia,

North and South America

December

North America, Africa,

Asia, Arctic, Europe

-8C

-6

-4

-2

-1

0.5

1

2

4

-0.5

6

8C

January

High temperatures in Asia, Europe

February

Europe, Asia, Africa, Arctic

March

Asia, Africa, Arctic, Antarctica

April

Asia, Africa, Antarctica

May

Asia, Europe, Africa,

North America, Antarctica

June

North America, Europe,

Asia, Africa, Antarctica

July

North and South America, Africa,

Europe, Asia, Antarctica

August

North America, Europe,

Asia, Africa

September

North America,

Africa, Asia, Arctic

October

Asia, Europe, Antarctica

North America, Africa, Arctic

November

Europe, Asia,

North and South America

December

North and South America, Africa,

Asia, Arctic, Europe

-8C

-6

-4

-2

-1

-0.5

0.5

1

2

4

6

8C

January

High temperatures in Asia, Europe

February

Europe, Asia, Africa, Arctic

March

Asia, Africa, Arctic, Antarctica

April

Asia, Africa, Antarctica

May

Asia, Europe, Africa,

North America, Antarctica

June

North America, Europe,

Asia, Africa, Antarctica

July

North and South America, Africa,

Europe, Asia, Antarctica

August

North America, Europe,

Asia, Africa

September

North America, Africa,

Asia, Arctic

October

Asia, Europe, Antarctica,

North America, Africa, Arctic

November

Europe, Asia,

North and South America

December

North and South America, Africa,

Asia, Arctic, Europe