Weather agency says China experienced hottest year on record in 2024
1 week ago

Weather agency says China experienced hottest year on record in 2024

Al Jazeera  

In the last four years, China has logged its four warmest years since comparable temperature recordings began in 1961. China experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, a new high since comparable temperature recordings began more than 60 years ago, the country’s meteorological service has said. The average national temperature for 2024 was 10.92 degrees Celsius, 1.03 degrees higher than 2023 and “the warmest year since the start of full records in 1961”, the China Meteorological Administration said on its news site on Wednesday night. Densely populated Shanghai, China’s financial hub, recorded its warmest year in 2024 since meteorological records for the city began in 1873, data from the Shanghai meteorological bureau showed.

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Brazil says 2024 was its hottest year on record
5 days, 8 hours ago

Brazil says 2024 was its hottest year on record

The Hindu  

Last year was Brazil's hottest on record, its weather agency said Friday, after a record-breaking drought and flooding in the South American country that climate experts have linked to global warming. According to a study released last week, Brazil experienced an "alarming" increase in climate disasters between 2020 and 2023, with almost twice as many events each year, on average, …

China says 2024 was its hottest year on record
6 days, 4 hours ago

China says 2024 was its hottest year on record

The Hindu  

Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week. India said on Wednesday 2024 was its hottest year since 1901, while Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday that the past year marked its second-warmest year since records began in 1910. Germany's weather agency said in December …

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency
6 days, 23 hours ago

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency

Raw Story  

by Sam Davies, with Jing Xuan Teng in Shanghai Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week. India said on Wednesday 2024 was its hottest year since 1901, while Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday that the past year marked its second-warmest year since records …

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency
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1 week ago

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency

Deccan Chronicle  

Last year was China's warmest on record, its weather agency said, as the world experiences a surge in extreme weather fuelled by climate change.China is the leading emitter of the greenhouse gases scientists say are driving global warming, though Beijing has pledged that carbon dioxide emissions will peak by 2030 and be brought to net zero by 2060.The average national …

2024 was hottest year in over 120 years, says IMD
1 week ago

2024 was hottest year in over 120 years, says IMD

Live Mint  

India's meteorological department said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year since 1901, with sizzling temperatures in the world's most populous nation following a global pattern of extreme weather sparked by climate change. "The year 2024 was the warmest year on record since 1901," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department, told reporters. "The annual mean land surface …

Taiwan records hottest year in 127 years amid global heat surge
1 week, 1 day ago

Taiwan records hottest year in 127 years amid global heat surge

India Today  

Taiwan said Tuesday that this year was the hottest since records began 127 years ago, echoing unprecedented temperature highs felt around the world. As of Sunday, the annual average temperature in Taiwan stood at 24.97 degrees Celsius, exceeding the previous record of 24.91C in 2020 and setting a new high, the Central Weather Administration said. But, it warned that the …

Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record
1 week, 1 day ago

Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record

Raw Story  

Taiwan said Tuesday that this year was the hottest since records began 127 years ago, echoing unprecedented temperature highs felt around the world. As of Sunday, the annual average temperature in Taiwan stood at 24.97 degrees Celsius, exceeding the previous record of 24.91C in 2020 and setting a new high, the Central Weather Administration said. AFP In Taiwan, one of …

You can say it's still summer in Guangzhou
1 month, 3 weeks ago

You can say it's still summer in Guangzhou

China Daily  

Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is experiencing the longest summer in decades, as defined by the provincial Meteorological Service, which traditionally pegs the change of seasons to temperatures, not to the Earth's position relative to the sun. By that measure, the city has yet to enter autumn as of Wednesday because it's still scorching hot these days, the service said in a …

You can say it's still summer in Guangzhou
1 month, 3 weeks ago

You can say it's still summer in Guangzhou

China Daily  

Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is experiencing the longest summer in decades, as defined by the provincial Meteorological Service, which traditionally pegs the change of seasons to temperatures, not to the Earth's position relative to the sun. By that measure, the city has yet to enter autumn as of Wednesday because it's still scorching hot these days, the service said in a …

2024 on track for hottest year on record as humanity ‘torching planet’, UN warns
2 months ago

2024 on track for hottest year on record as humanity ‘torching planet’, UN warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The World Meteorological Organisation said data from six global datasets from January to September show 2024 is on track …

Earth has endured its hottest summer ever recorded — for the second year in a row
4 months ago

Earth has endured its hottest summer ever recorded — for the second year in a row

Salon  

For the second summer in a row, global temperatures broke temperature records, according to the European climate service Copernicus, putting this year on track to be the hottest in recorded history. Specifically, summer 2024 was 0.69 degrees Celsius hotter than the 1991 to 2020 average and was, additionally, 0.03 degrees hotter than summer 2023's record-setting temperatures. According to the recent …

Summer 2024 was the hottest on RECORD: Average global temperature was 0.69°C above average - and scientists say climate change is to blame
4 months ago

Summer 2024 was the hottest on RECORD: Average global temperature was 0.69°C above average - and scientists say climate change is to blame

Daily Mail  

Summer in the UK might have been cold and rainy. The average global temperature across June, July, and August was 0.69°C above average - surpassing the previous record set last year. But globally, this summer was the hottest on record, according to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service The average global temperature across June, July, and August was …

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever
4 months ago

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever

Al Jazeera  

European climate monitor says extreme weather will become more ‘intense’ if countries don’t slash emissions. Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, according to the European Union’s climate change monitor. “During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June …

July finally breaks streak of record global temperatures – but it’s still the second hottest ever
5 months ago

July finally breaks streak of record global temperatures – but it’s still the second hottest ever

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an …

July 22 was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history | Why blue planet is witnessing extreme temperature?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

July 22 was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history | Why blue planet is witnessing extreme temperature?

India TV News  

July 22, Monday, was again the hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency, inching past Sunday, July 21 which had just taken the title. The global average surface air temperature rose to 17.15 degrees Celsius — 0.06 degrees higher than Sunday's marginal record according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which has been …

地球高温刷新纪录：有史以来最热的一天
5 months, 2 weeks ago

地球高温刷新纪录：有史以来最热的一天

China Daily  

The planet saw its hottest day on record 欧盟气候监测机构哥白尼气候变化服务局的数据显示，全球平均气温再次打破纪录，上周日（7月21日）成为有史以来最热的一天。 People shade themselves from the sun during extreme heat in Tokyo on Monday. Issei Kato/Reuters Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s. 自上世纪中叶以来一直监测气温的气候追踪机构提供的初步数据显示，上周日（7月21日）是有史以来最热的一天。 It’s the second consecutive year average global temperatures have crashed through shocking climate …

Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record
6 months ago

Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU’s climate change monitoring service has said, continuing a streak …

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study

Hindustan Times  

Last summer, as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, roads buckled in Texas and heatwaves strained power grids in China, it was not just the warmest summer on record, but the hottest one in some 2,000 years, new research has found. Women cover themselves to protect from the sun on a hot summer day European scientists last year established that the …

Summer of 2023 was hottest in 2,000 years, study finds
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer of 2023 was hottest in 2,000 years, study finds

LA Times  

An extreme summer marked by deadly heat waves, explosive wildfires and record warm ocean temperatures will go down as among the hottest in the last 2,000 years, new research has found. Notably, Copernicus found that the summer months of June, July and August last year measured 1.18 degrees warmer than average — still hot, but not nearly as warm as …

April 2024 was hottest on record, marking 11 months of new highs
8 months ago

April 2024 was hottest on record, marking 11 months of new highs

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The streak of record global temperatures has continued for the 11th month in a row, …

Earth has obliterated a worrying record for the ninth straight month
10 months ago

Earth has obliterated a worrying record for the ninth straight month

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Earth has obliterated global heat records for the ninth straight month — with February, …

Last month was hottest February ever recorded. It’s the ninth-straight broken record
10 months ago

Last month was hottest February ever recorded. It’s the ninth-straight broken record

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world’s oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus. The latest record-breaking in this climate change-fueled global hot streak includes sea surface temperatures that weren’t just the hottest for February, but eclipsed …

2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, World Meteorological Organization confirms
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, World Meteorological Organization confirms

The Hindu  

The World Meteorological Organization has officially confirmed that 2023 is the hottest year on record by a huge margin, smashing global temperature records. "Given that El Nino usually has the biggest impact on global temperatures after it peaks, 2024 could be even hotter," said Ms. Saulo, who became WMO Secretary-General on January 1, 2024. Other indicators include atmospheric greenhouse gas …

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record
11 months, 4 weeks ago

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record

Firstpost  

2023 was the warmest calendar year in global temperature data records dating back to 1850, according to a report released on Tuesday by the European Climate Agency. Earth broke all previous records for annual heat, verged on the global warming threshold, and displayed additional symptoms of a feverish planet last year, the report said. January 2024 is also on track …

2023 was the warmest year on earth since 1850, says EU’s climate change agency
11 months, 4 weeks ago

2023 was the warmest year on earth since 1850, says EU’s climate change agency

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Last year was the warmest calendar year in global temperature data records going back to 1850, Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Tuesday. These record temperatures strongly increased the intensity of heatwaves, droughts and extreme rainfall associated with storms like Otis and Daniel, said XAIDA, a consortium of leading European climate institutes. If we want to successfully manage …

2023 was world's hottest year on record, EU scientists confirm
11 months, 4 weeks ago

2023 was world's hottest year on record, EU scientists confirm

The Hindu  

Last year was the planet's hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world's warmest in the last 1,00,000 years, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on January 9. When checked against paleoclimatic data records from sources such as tree rings and air bubbles in glaciers, Mr. Buontempo said it was "very likely" the warmest year …

Earth reaches grim milestone: 2023 was the warmest year on record
1 year ago

Earth reaches grim milestone: 2023 was the warmest year on record

LA Times  

An astonishing seven consecutive months of record-breaking warmth have culminated in a grim milestone for humanity: 2023 was, officially, Earth’s hottest year on record. Temperatures during 2023 likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years.” With a global average temperature of 58.96 degrees, last year was about 0.31 of a degree warmer than the previous …

2023 shatters record for world’s warmest year: EU climate agency
1 year ago

2023 shatters record for world’s warmest year: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2023 ‘very likely’ the warmest year in the past 100,000 years. Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a significant margin and likely the world’s warmest in the past 100,000 years, the European Union’s climate agency says. When checked against palaeoclimatic data records from sources such as tree rings and air bubbles in …

China: Beijing temperature dips down to -41 celsius, coldest December since 1951 I VIDEO
1 year ago

China: Beijing temperature dips down to -41 celsius, coldest December since 1951 I VIDEO

India TV News  

China's capital Beijing has broken its record for hours of sub-zero temperatures in December dating back to 1951, after a cold wave swept swathes of the country and brought blizzards in its wake, sending temperatures towards historic lows. Northern and northeastern parts of the country have experienced a record-breaking chill since last week, with some areas in the northeast hitting …

Scorching October puts 2023 on track to be hottest year in 125,000 years
1 year, 2 months ago

Scorching October puts 2023 on track to be hottest year in 125,000 years

Al Jazeera  

Scientists say climate change is driving heatwaves across the planet, toppling previous records with alarming frequency. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU’s climate monitor, said on Wednesday that October was 0.4 degrees Celsius hotter than the previous record for the month, set in 2019. As climate change, driven by greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, heats …

Mapped: Nasa reveals how much hotter 2023 summer was than average
1 year, 3 months ago

Mapped: Nasa reveals how much hotter 2023 summer was than average

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The space agency, which has maintained temperature records since 1880, said June, July and August collectively recorded temperatures that …

2023 on track to be world's hottest year on record, temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for first time
1 year, 3 months ago

2023 on track to be world's hottest year on record, temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for first time

ABC  

This year is now almost certain to become Earth's warmest on record after a hot July and August saw global temperatures reach the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. "If current 2023 temperature anomalies are maintained, or increase, over the last four months of the year that would be sufficient for an annual record to be …

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say
1 year, 4 months ago

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say

The Hindu  

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Editorial | Mercury rising: On an ‘era of global boiling’ The world's oceans — more than 70% of the Earth's surface — were the hottest ever recorded, nearly 21 C, …

This summer broke the world record for the highest temperature officially recorded
1 year, 4 months ago

This summer broke the world record for the highest temperature officially recorded

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The world’s oceans — more than 70% of the Earth’s surface — were the hottest ever recorded, nearly 21 C, and have set high temperature marks for three …

UN announces ‘climate breakdown’ after record summer heat
1 year, 4 months ago

UN announces ‘climate breakdown’ after record summer heat

Al Jazeera  

“Climate breakdown has begun”, the United Nations chief has warned as the World Meteorological Organization reported that the world went through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. The WMO, citing data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, said on Wednesday that last month was the the hottest August on record “by a large margin” and the second …

World entering ‘era of global boiling’, UN warns as July is hottest month on record
1 year, 5 months ago

World entering ‘era of global boiling’, UN warns as July is hottest month on record

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate …

Warmest July on record since human civilisation, say scientists
1 year, 5 months ago

Warmest July on record since human civilisation, say scientists

The Hindu  

July has been so hot thus far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through. “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” Buontempo and other scientists said the records are …

July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it's the warmest month on record
1 year, 5 months ago

July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it's the warmest month on record

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The era of global warming has ended; the …

July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it’s the warmest month on record
1 year, 5 months ago

July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it’s the warmest month on record

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — July has been so hot thus far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through. “We are in absolutely new record territory.” Haustein said even though records only go back to the middle of the …

US, China hold climate talks as heavy rains, heatwaves batter Asia, Europe
1 year, 5 months ago

US, China hold climate talks as heavy rains, heatwaves batter Asia, Europe

India Today  

Asia, Europe and the United States baked under extreme heat on Monday as global temperatures soared toward alarming highs and US leaders sought to reignite climate diplomacy with China. US, CHINA IN CLIMATE TALKS The extreme global temperatures underscored the urgency in talks that resumed between China and the United States on climate change, especially as scientists say the target …

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis

Firstpost  

With scientists saying the target of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels is moving beyond reach, evidence of the crisis was everywhere Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. ‘VERY SCARY’ The high temperatures are …

China shatters all-time high temperature record with a sizzling 52.2C
1 year, 5 months ago

China shatters all-time high temperature record with a sizzling 52.2C

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. China has been hit by a series of climate disasters this year with ongoing heatwaves shattering record after record, …

China reports record temperature for mid-July at 52.2 degrees Celsius
1 year, 5 months ago

China reports record temperature for mid-July at 52.2 degrees Celsius

Deccan Chronicle  

BEIJING: China on Monday said the mercury hit 52.2 degrees Celsius in the northwest of the country over the weekend, setting a record for mid-July. A weather station in the Xinjiang region's Sanbao village “recorded a temperature peak of 52.2 degrees Celsius at 19:00 on July 16, breaking the historic heat record for the same period of the year”, the …

China reports record temperature for mid-July at 52.2 degrees Celsius
1 year, 5 months ago

China reports record temperature for mid-July at 52.2 degrees Celsius

Hindustan Times  

China on Monday said the mercury hit 52.2 degrees Celsius in the northwest of the country over the weekend, setting a record for mid-July. Ground surface temperatures reached 80C in parts of Turpan on Sunday, according to the statement. A weather station in the Xinjiang region's Sanbao village "recorded a temperature peak of 52.2 degrees Celsius at 19:00 on July …

Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June. And July is getting hotter, experts say
1 year, 5 months ago

Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June. And July is getting hotter, experts say

LA Times  

Children cool themselves as they rest near the Forbidden City on a hot day last month in Beijing. An already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree, with oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. …

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter
1 year, 5 months ago

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter

Associated Press  

An already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree, with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. The increase over the last June’s record is “a considerably big jump” because usually global monthly records …

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter
1 year, 5 months ago

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The increase over the last June's record is “a …

Global warming acute problem the world is dragging its feet on
1 year, 5 months ago

Global warming acute problem the world is dragging its feet on

China Daily  

Luo Jie | China Daily The global average temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius on July 3, the highest average temperature in the world since records began being maintained, shows data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. A day later, the record was broken as the global average temperature reached 17.18 degrees Celsius. After record heat in July, UN …

Climate Change: July began with world’s hottest week on record, says UN
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate Change: July began with world’s hottest week on record, says UN

Live Mint  

As climate change becomes an increasingly significant concern, the month of July began with the earth's hottest ever week. A statement from the specialised UN agency explained that climate change and the early stages of the El Nino weather pattern had also driven the warmest June on record. The world has warmed an average of nearly 1.2 C since the …

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