Based on KNMI results, the year 2014 is on track to be the warmest year on record in Europe. Initial estimates forecast the January-December annual mean temperature for Europe to be 0.3°C above the previous record set in 2007. The top-10 of warmest years has all its years from the year 2000 onward, with 1989 the only exception, at sixth place.
Graph of Jan-Nov temperatures averaged over Europe, with respect to the 1981-2010 climatology. Temperatures below normal are in blue, temperatures above normal are in red, with the preliminary 2014 value in green.
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