2018 was 4th hottest year on record
That may not sound so bad... until you realize that the hottest 5 years on record were the last 5 years...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/06/climate/fourth-hottest-year.html?fbclid=IwAR21NQTR7f-WfcWrtZlilL4XIkNiKvH8Q4zw2e3E9o8UU5ZDNjZlj0tmQzY
It has become increasingly clear the past few years that the grim predictions of the IPCC reports were actually far too rosy...