Scientists say November is 6th straight month to set heat record; 2023 a cinch as hottest year
The IndependentFor 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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. November was nearly a third of a degree Celsius hotter than the previous hottest November, the European Space Agency's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced early Wednesday. November was 1.75 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times, tying October and behind September, for the hottest above average for any month, the scientists said. "Scientists are running out of adjectives to describe this.’’ November averaged 14.22 degrees Celsius, which is 0.85 degrees Celsius warmer than the average the last 30 years. So far this year is 1.46 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times, about a seventh of a degree warmer than the previous warmest year of 2016, Copernicus scientists calculated.