If you thought 2015 was hot, just wait

Record-setting year soon will be ‘new normal,’ simulations suggest

climate normal map 2015

NEW NORMAL  Many regions around the world saw record-breaking temperatures in 2015. That extreme heat could become the new normal as soon as the 2020s, new research predicts.

NOAA

The sweltering heat that smashed temperature records in 2015 will soon be par for the course.