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Groups of scientists from several major institutions tally data collected by temperature monitoring stations spread around the world and make an announcement about whether the previous year was a comparatively warm or cool year. This analysis concerns only temperature anomalies, not absolute temperature. Temperature anomalies are computed relative to the base period 1951—1980.

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This is the English translation of the Media of the day description page from 27 December 2013.

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