Whoa!
The global average temperature of 62.45 degrees Fahrenheit for 1997 was the warmest year on record, surpassing the previous record set in 1995 by 0.15 degrees Fahrenheit
The average temperature for the year [2014] was 0.69°C (1.24°F) above the 20th century average of 13.9°C (57.0°F) [ie 58.24F] , beating the previous record warmth of 2010 and 2005 by 0.04°C (0.07°F).
http://tomnelson.blogspot.ca/2015/02/noaa-settled-science-earth-at-5824f-in.html
sunshine hours 
Sadly, the MSM etc are not interested in pointing out blatant discrepancies like that. Alarmists might explain: “it’s because it was wrong back then, and has been adjusted downwards now because of that”, to which the next question should be: “why should we believe them now?”