2013 fourth hottest on record
jeudi 23 janvier 2014 à 13:009 of the 10 hottest years on record were since 2001, the exception being 1998 which had a very strong El Niño. In 2013, the short-term variable factors operated for cold; despite them, it was tied for fourth hottest on record.
When we get another strong El Niño, we will see what hot is.