We had record high temperatures in 2023 and such a trend continues in 2024, with the warmest January on record, announced the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Measurements show that this is the eighth consecutive month that has broken records as the warmest for a certain time of the year. Ocean temperatures are also reaching record-high levels, according to the website of the World Meteorological Organization.
More precisely, the average surface air temperature was 1.66°C higher than the average in the period from 1850 to 1900. It should be noted that this does not mean that the planet has exceeded the temperature limit of 1.5°C above pre-industrial times set by the Paris Agreement because the said limit refers to long-term global warming over many years, not a monthly or annual period.
This January was 0.70°C warmer than the previous warmest January in 2020.
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The World Meteorological Organization has already confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year on record and will publish the final report on this topic on World Meteorological Day – March 23, 2024.
In terms of ocean temperature, the global average during January for the latitude from 60°S to 60°N was 20.97°C, which broke the record compared to the previous warmest January. Namely, the year 2016 held this record until now and January 2024 broke it by 0.26°C.
Such record temperatures are attributed to the influence of human activities on climate change, but also due to the El Niño climate pattern.
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