Year 2013 may be one of the ten warmest years since 1850 - The Ball

According to the organization, the period from January to September this year was the seventh warmest, recording a global average temperature 0.48 ° C higher than the average between 1961 and 1990.

The year 2013 was marked by high global temperatures and more extreme events of great impact such as the floods in Central Europe, severe drought in Angola and Namibia and recently the typhoon “Haiyan” which devastated the Philippines.

According to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere, the average recorded temperature in Portugal between January and October was about 0.4 ° C higher than the average recorded between 1971 and 2000. The IPMA indicates that values ??than those recorded this year occur in about 30 percent of the years, so, in the country, 2013 will not be among the ten warmest years.