The existing record rise is 0.37 C marked in 1998.
The global temperature only on land went up 0.68 degrees celsius, hitting a new high, the Japan Meteorological Agency said in a preliminary report released on Tuesday.
Japan’s average temperature rose 0.85 degrees from the 30-year average, matching the fourth highest since 1898.
The weather agency worked out the figures based on data from January through November, Kyodo news agency reported.
The Japanese meteorologists attributed the rise in the average temperature to global warming caused by emissions of greenhouse gases and a rise in the sea surface temperature caused by the El Nino climate pattern. Such weather conditions caused warm air to cover mid- latitude areas in the northern hemisphere, the report said. It said the global temperature climbed by 0.68 degrees celsius in the past 100 years and Japan’s temperature by 1.15 degrees celsius during the past century.
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