The indicator is a status indicator and shows the annual mean temperature change in Turkey and the world.

In 2020, the global mean temperature of oceans and lands was 14.84 °C, 0.54 °C higher than the 1981-2010 average (14.30 °C). Annual mean temperatures for Turkey in 2020 were 14.9 °C, 1.4 °C above the 1981-2010 average (13.5 °C). The lowest temperature in 2020 was recorded in Erzurum with -31.9 °C in February, and the highest temperature was recorded in Cizre with 47.3 °C in July.

Looking at the period 1971-2020, the highest annual mean temperature in Turkey was 15.5 °C in 2010, and the lowest annualmean temperature was 11.7 °C in 1992. There have been positive temperature anomalies in Turkey since 1994 (except 1997 and 2011) ^[26].

GRAPH 18- ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE TRENDS IN THE WORLD AND TURKEY

Sources:

For World data; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ U.S. Department of Commerce (NOAA).

For Turkey data; The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkish State Meteorological Service; 2021.