The year 2008 is expected to be the 10th warmest year since the recording of climate began in 1850; however, according to the UN meteorological agency, the global average temperature was slightly lower than the early years of the 21st century.
The combined sea-surface and land-surface air temperature for the year 2008 is estimated to be 0.31°C higher than the 1961-1990 annual average of 14°C, while the volume of ice in the Arctic Sea during the melting season has been its lowest since 1979 since the beginning of satellite measurements, said the UN World Meteorological Organization.
In South Asia , including India, Pakistan and Vietnam, heavy monsoon rains and torrential downpours produced flash floods, killing more than 2,600 people. South America was also affected badly by heavy rainfall in the year 2008. Atlantic saw sixteen tropical storms including eight hurricanes, out of which five were of higher categories leading to massive destruction.
The average temperature of 2008 was moderated by La Nia, a weather phenomenon that shrinks the warm pool water in the central and western Pacific that developed in the second half of 2007.
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