🧵 on the 22 things you should know about 2022, through the eyes of @niwa_nz's climate scientists
The year 2022 finished with an average temperature of 13.76°C in New Zealand.
This was 1.15°C above average & surpassed 2021 to become the country's new warmest year on record.
New Zealand's annual average temperature has increased by about 1.1°C over the past century 📈
New Zealand's top-4 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2016, a trend that is consistent with climate change.
On this climate stripes plot, inspired by @ed_hawkins, warmer than average years are coloured red (🔴) & cooler than average years are coloured blue (🔵).