temperature

All-time temperature records broken in 2021

Maps / climate change, New York Times, temperature

Using data from NOAA, Krishna Karra and Tim Wallace for The New York…
Mapping the probable heat around the world

Maps / climate, global warming, Probable Futures, temperature

Earth is getting warmer, and the previously abstract concept seems to grow more…
Historical context for the heat in the Pacific Northwest

Statistical Visualization / climate change, temperature, Upshot

It’s been hot in the Pacific Northwest the past few days. NYT’s The…
Low temperatures map of the United States

Maps / climate, New York Times, temperature, weather

Based on data from the Global Forecast System, The New York Times mapped…
Blanket visualizes daily high and low temperatures

Data Art / blanket, physical, temperature

Reddit user quantum-kate used daily high and low temperatures in Denver in 1992…
Increasing ocean temperatures, decreasing ice

Statistical Visualization / climate change, National Geographic, ocean, temperature

For National Geographic, Kennedy Elliot made a series of heatmaps that show the…
A long distance relationship between a temperature difference

Self-surveillance / Alyssa Fowers, relationships, temperature

Everyone’s story is a little different. Alyssa Fowers tracked her long-distance relationship in…
Hotter days where you were born

Infographics / climate, New York Times, temperature, uncertainty

It’s getting hotter around the world. The New York Times zooms in on…
3-D tube chart of global CO2 concentration and temperature

Statistical Visualization / animation, climate change, temperature

Because you can never have enough time series charts that show increases of…
Temperature simulation near the Earth’s core

Statistical Visualization / Earth, temperature

Researchers are building models to simulate the Earth’s core. From CNRS News:
Take…
Oceans absorbing heat

Maps / environment, New York Times, temperature, Tim Wallace

It keeps getting hotter on this planet, and the oceans are absorbing most…
xkcd: Earth temperature timeline

Infographics / environment, temperature, xkcd

In classic xkcd-fashion, Randall Munroe timelines the Earth’s temperature, dating back to 20,000…
Spiraling global temperature chart

Statistical Visualization / Ed Hawkins, temperature, time series, weather

Global temperature is on the rise, as most of us know. Ed Hawkins…
How much warmer your city was in 2015

Statistical Visualization / environment, New York Times, temperature

It was hotter in 2015 than any other year ever. K. K. Rebecca…
Feeling hot, hot, hot

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, environment, temperature, time series, weather

When you look at overall global temperatures over time, you see a rising…
Places in the US with the most pleasant days per year

Maps / temperature, weather

We’ve seen plenty of maps the past few weeks that show how bad…
Global temperature rises over past century

Maps / environment, New Scientist, temperature

New Scientist mapped global temperature change based on a NASA GISTEMP analysis.
The…