Did global temperature increase or drop in the last 2 years (2017-2018)?
Did global temperature increase or drop in the last 2 years?


Before I answer the question, I need to add the caveat that climate change does not say that every year will be warmer than the previous one. Events such as El Ninos and La Ninas can make the global temperature spike or drop in any one year. The Pacific Ocean dumps huge amounts of pent up heat into the atmosphere during El Nino events.

2014 saw the start of an El Nino event that briefly stalled but then became one of the largest such events ever observed. The 2014-2016 El Nino made 2015 and 2016 the warmest years on record -- so far. 2017 and 2018 were a bit cooler than 2015 and 2016. They were however warmer than every year on record prior to 2015.

2019 most likely will not be warmer than 2016, but it might well beat 2015 as the second warmest year on record. And that is without the help of a massive El Nino event.