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After lots of speculation during the year, we can finally call it: 2014 was globally the hottest year on record in both the NASA and NOAA datasets, as well as the Japanese Meteorological Agency’s analysis. (The UK Met Office has not yet released its numbers.)
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/01/2014-was-the-hottest-year-on-record-globally/

That gif was made by Bloomberg from NOAA datasets.

Deny this. The animation below shows the Earth’s warming climate, recorded in monthly measurements from land and sea over 135 years. Temperatures are displayed in degrees above or below the 20th-century average. Thirteen of the 14 hottest years are in the 21st century.
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SOURCE: GHCN-M & ICOADS Data Sets Provided by NOAA
 
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