In hot years such as 2003 this figure may have been even larger.

As a result, the hottest year on record for the United States was changed to 1934, rather than the 1998 it had been earlier.

The way we got hot last year was to practice well.

"I'd say there will be a global hot year in the next two or three years," he told me.

Yes, it was shaping up to be a miserably hot year.

The temple well does not dry up, even on the peak summer days of unusually hot years.

The six hottest years on record occurred in the 1980's.

The four hottest years on record were 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Globally, 2010 was one of the two hottest years in recorded history.

Nine of the hottest years ever recorded occurred in the last 12.