Sea Surface Temperature

Scientific partners contribute to a sustained effort to understand the underlying factors driving global climate change.

We’re announcing the release of the State of the Climate in 2018 report, an annual assessment of Earth’s climate system.

NCEI releases a new version of the NOAA Global Temperature dataset used worldwide for climate studies.

The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2018 was 1.42°F (0.79°C) above the 20th century average.

We’re announcing the release of the State of the Climate in 2017 report, an assessment of the world’s climate system.

Less than 100 years ago, scientists and sailors used ordinary wooden buckets to measure sea surface temperatures.