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2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm. Corinne Purtill, Karen Kaplan. January 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM ... Then every month from January to July set a new high, and August was a ...
March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree, according to Copernicus data.
The hot season in Mexico began on 17 March 2024. [5] In May 2024, a heat dome formed over the Southern Gulf of Mexico and over Mexico, which led to record high temperatures being recorded in 10 cities in Mexico. [1] Mexico City recorded a record high temperature of 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 25 May 2024. [2]
During the first 11 months of 2024, the globe’s surface temperature was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the 1901-2000 average of 57.2 degrees. It was also the hottest summer on record.
The global average surface temperature in August 2024 was 1.51 °C (2.72 °F) above the pre-industrial level—the 13th month in a 14-month period for which it exceeded the 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) threshold. [15] As reported in September, Brazil was experiencing its worst drought on record, affecting at least 59% of the country. [16]
The warmest day on record for the entire planet was 22 July 2024 when the highest global average temperature was recorded at 17.16 °C (62.89 °F). [20] The previous record was 17.09 °C (62.76 °F) set the day before on 21 July 2024. [20] The month of July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. [21]
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported January 2024 as the hottest month with a 1.66 °C above the pre-industrial average making it 0.12 °C warmer than January 2020. [3] For the first time, the global temperature was above 1.5 °C for 12 months, breaching the 1.5 °C limit set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. [4]
C3S said data from January to November had confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record, and the first in which average global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 ...