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in ScienceUntil 2021, which year recorded the highest global average temperatures?
The year 2020 is tied with 2016 for the warmest year on record since record-keeping began in 1880. Nineteen of the warmest years have occurred since 2000, except for 1998. The record warmth fueled deadly heatwaves, droughts, intense wildfires, and other environmental disasters worldwide in 2020.