Independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern record-keeping began in 1880. Globally, 2019 temperatures were second only to those of 2016 and continued the long-term warming trend: the past five years have been the warmest of the last 140 years. Read the full NOAA Report here.
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201913