14 images that reveal what the hottest year in history looked like

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Last year was the hottest year on record by the widest margin ever since records began in 1880, according to NASA and NOAA.

The heat brought some extreme weather all over the world, including more drought and fires in California, an unseasonably warm winter in the Northeast US, heat waves in Pakistan and India, and beach weather in Germany.

Here's a look at how the heat was felt around the world:

The global average temperature for 2015 was 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 Celsius) above the 20th Century average. That was 0.29 F (0.16 C) above the previous record set in 2014. Here's a graph showing that in detail:

The hot, dry weather — which was linked in part to human-made global warming — led to a spate of wildfires in California. Here, fire photographer Tod Sudmeier shields himself from embers during the Solimar brush fire in Ventura County on Dec. 26, 2015.

The fires also caused a lot of heartbreak. Robert Hooper gets emotional after seeing his property destroyed by the Valley Fire near Middleton, California, on Sept. 14, 2015.