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Noaa: 2013 tied for fourth-warmest year on record
Source: Associated Press
Noaa: 2013 tied for fourth-warmest year on record
Associated Press in Washington
theguardian.com, Tuesday 21 January 2014 20.47 GMT
Last year was tied for the fourth-warmest year on record around the world.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday released its global temperature figures for 2013. The average world temperature was 58.12F (14.52C) tying with 2003 for the fourth-warmest since 1880.
Nasa, which calculates records in a different manner, said Tuesday that 2013 was the seventh-warmest on record, with an average temperature of 58.3F (14.6C).
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/21/noaa-2013-fourth-warmest-year-on-record
