Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United States
United States: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 17.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United States, 1851–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United States stood at 17.7%. That is the lowest value across all 174 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United States peaked at 27.9% in 1926 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2024.
That places United States 1st out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 174 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 22.7% | 22.0% | 23.4% | 9 |
| 1860s | 23.5% | 23.4% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 1870s | 24.5% | 23.5% | 25.6% | 10 |
| 1880s | 26.0% | 25.7% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 1890s | 26.4% | 26.2% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 1900s | 26.7% | 26.5% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 1910s | 27.2% | 26.9% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 1920s | 27.8% | 27.7% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 1930s | 27.2% | 26.5% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 1940s | 26.0% | 25.8% | 26.3% | 10 |
| 1950s | 25.1% | 24.4% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 1960s | 23.7% | 23.3% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 22.7% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.7% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.7% | 20.4% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.9% | 19.5% | 20.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.8% | 18.2% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.9% | 17.7% | 18.1% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United States?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United States was 17.7% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9% in 1926.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2024.
- How does United States rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- United States ranks 1st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.