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Climate Warming Stripe - graphics


Warming stripes (sometimes referred to as climate stripes, climate timelines or stripe graphics) are data visualization graphics that use a series of coloured stripes chronologically ordered to visually portray long-term temperature trends. Warming stripes reflect a "minimalist" style, conceived to use colour alone to intuitively convey global warming trends to non-scientists while avoiding technical distractions.

These warming stripe graphics are visual representations of the change in temperature as measured in each country over the past 100+ years. Each stripe represents the temperature in that country averaged over a year. For most countries, the stripes start in the year 1901 and finish in 2018. For the UK, USA, Switzerland & Germany, the data starts in the late 19th century.

To check out other countries see Showyourstripes


GLOBE from 1850-2025

Globe stripe

GLOBE from 1850-2025 Bar Chart

Globe stripe

United Kingdom from 1884-2025

uk stripe

England from 1884-2025

England stripe

Northern Ireland from 1884-2025

Northern Ireland stripe

Scotland from 1884-2025

Scotland stripe

Wales from 1884-2025

Wales stripe

Plymouth from 1814-2025

Plymouth stripe

Plymouth from 1814-2025 Bar Chart

Plymouth stripe

Data Courtesy of Professor Ed Hawkins (University of Reading) Showyourstripes

Page Updated 6th August 2026