Global surface temperatures from 2019 are now out. It was the second warmest year on record for Berkeley Earth, NASA, NOAA, and Cowtan and Way and the third warmest for HadCRUT. 1/4 
2019 was the warmest year on record In 36 countries including Australia, Belarus, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Guatemala, Hungary, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Congo, Romania, Serbia,
Slovakia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Slovakia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
2019 was solidly in second place in the Berkeley Earth record. The last five years really stand out as substantially warmer than anything that came before in the record: 3/4
We project that 2020 will likely be similar to 2019; it will almost certainly be one of the five warmest years, and has a 20% or so chance of beating 2016 as the warmest year on record. 4/4
The Washington Post has an excellent article summing up the 2019 temperature reports: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
The full Berkeley Earth 2019 temperature report can be found here: berkeleyearth.org/2019-temperatu…
