2016 will be the hottest year ever recorded (since historical records began)

Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2016-01-02; known on 2016-12-31; judged right by two2thehead on 2017-01-18.

• Raahul_Kumar estimated 80% on 2016-01-02
• azatris estimated 10% and said “based on maximum global temperature” on 2016-01-04
• themusicgod1 estimated 53% on 2016-01-10
• pkfalu92 estimated 99% on 2016-12-04
• two2thehead estimated 55% on 2016-12-04
• two2thehead said ““2016 is set to break even the temperature records of 2015.”Source: https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/provisional-wmo-statement-status-of-global-climate-2016” on 2016-12-31
• two2thehead said “Someone else needs to double check my sources and decide. I know just enough about climatology to know that I don’t know that much. But it looks like this can be marked correct.” on 2016-12-31
• themusicgod1 said “i’d suggest waiting a little bit for the dec data to be analyzed; usually this sort of thing is announced in january. We may be confident that it’s true but still” on 2016-12-31
• two2thehead said “Ah. Good to know. (^_^)” on 2017-01-01
• two2thehead said ““…scientists reported on Wednesday that the Earth reached its highest temperature on record in 2016 — trouncing a record set only a year earlier, which beat one set in 2014. "” on 2017-01-18
• two2thehead said “Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/science/earth-highest-temperature-record.html?_r=0” on 2017-01-18
• two2thehead   judged this prediction right on 2017-01-18.