NASA: 2009 tied for 2nd-warmest year, 00s hottest decade too

As the past year’s temperature data came in, it became increasingly clear that 2009 was going to be a very hot one unless something unexpected happened in the latter months of the year. Something unusual did in fact happen, but it only ended up shifting warm and cold air around. As a result, when NASA completed its analysis of 2009’s surface temperatures, the year ended up in a statistical tie with a handful of others as the second warmest on record.

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