Global temperature, Dec 1951

Global anomaly+0.15°C1951–1980

Rank among all Decs53 / 146warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.38°C

S. Hemisphere−0.06°C

vs same month last year+0.37°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)–

All months of 1951

Jan−0.34°C

Feb−0.41°C

Mar−0.20°C

Apr−0.14°C

May±0.00°C

Jun−0.07°C

Jul−0.01°C

Aug+0.06°C

Sep+0.05°C

Oct+0.08°C

Nov−0.01°C

Dec ◀+0.15°C

This month+0.15°C

Same month, previous year−0.22°C

Same month 10 years earlier+0.21°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.28°C

Dec average 1991–2020+0.60°C

Warmest Dec on record (2023)+1.36°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1941	+0.21°C	+0.19°C	+0.25°C	47
1942	+0.11°C	+0.25°C	−0.04°C	57
1943	+0.23°C	+0.37°C	+0.08°C	44
1944	+0.04°C	±0.00°C	+0.09°C	61
1945	−0.07°C	−0.21°C	+0.08°C	83
1946	−0.31°C	−0.45°C	−0.15°C	124
1947	−0.13°C	−0.05°C	−0.22°C	93
1948	−0.24°C	−0.39°C	−0.08°C	113
1949	−0.18°C	−0.14°C	−0.23°C	104
1950	−0.22°C	−0.13°C	−0.32°C	110
1951	+0.15°C	+0.38°C	−0.06°C	53
1952	−0.02°C	+0.01°C	−0.04°C	66
1953	+0.05°C	+0.23°C	−0.12°C	60
1954	−0.18°C	−0.11°C	−0.27°C	103
1955	−0.28°C	−0.28°C	−0.29°C	118
1956	−0.06°C	−0.11°C	−0.03°C	80
1957	+0.15°C	+0.24°C	+0.06°C	52
1958	+0.01°C	+0.18°C	−0.15°C	63
1959	±0.00°C	+0.10°C	−0.10°C	64
1960	+0.19°C	+0.40°C	−0.02°C	48
1961	−0.16°C	−0.17°C	−0.16°C	99

Rank 606 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.