Copernicus calculated that the global average temperature for 2023 was about one-sixth of a degree Celsius (0.3 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the old record set in 2016. While that seems a small amount in global record-keeping, it's an exceptionally large margin for the new record, Burges...
July 6, 2023 / 5:45 AM EDT/ CBS/AP Earth surpasses unofficial heat record Earth's average temperature remained at a record high Wednesday after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It's the latest marker in a series ofclimate-change-driven extremes. ...
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Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a majorclimate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’srecord heatand kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the...
According to the WMO data, August this year was the hottest on record "by a large margin" and the hottest month ever after July 2023. The month's combined land and ocean surface temperature was 2.7 F (1.5 C) higher than the 1850 to 1900 average. "Scientists have long warned what our...
The average global air temperature recorded 2 metres above Earth’s surface was 17.18°C (62.92°F) on 4 July, the highest that has ever been recorded. The previous record was set the day before.
In Florida, for instance, the water temperature near Johnson Key was 36 C, about five degrees warmer than normal this time of year, meteorologists said. "As we go forward, we will see more extreme weather," said Altaf Arain, a professor in ...
Published on Feb. 24, 2024, 2:15 AM January has already broken temperature records, starting this year off on-course to break the global records set in 2023.Temperatures soared for the globe in January, as several new records for heat ...
Last year was the hottest on record due to human-caused climate change coupled with the effects of an El Nino. But after this summer registered as the hottest on record — Phoenix sweltered through 113 consecutive days with a high temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius)...
And that would come on top of a year of deadly climate catastrophes — 27 billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. alone in 2024 — and as 2025 begins with devastating wildfires in southern California. Last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’s record heat and kept ...