February has broken unprecedented temperature records, data shows
1 year, 1 month ago

February has broken unprecedented temperature records, data shows

Hindustan Times  

Halfway into February and the month has already broken several temperature records, latest data shows, following a trajectory of last year that ended as the hottest ever, and the 12 months leading to February 2024 that witnessed a warming of 1.52°C above the pre-industrial average. The February 9 temperature was almost a degree higher than the 12.8°C recorded on the same date last year, data from University of Maine’s ClimateReanalyser showed. The high temperature follows the storms, droughts, wildfires and extreme winter in parts of the world as the climate crisis, supercharged by the naturally occurring El Nino phenomenon that set in last year, stoked record warming in 2023, making it likely the hottest calendar year in the past 100,000 years. While the temperature has fallen since then, it has stuck above the 21°C mark, indicating the amount of heat the seas have absorbed and foreshadowing a much warmer year ahead even if the El Nino that set in last year transitions to a La Nina as the latest projections show.

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Last month was the third warmest February on RECORD - with global average temperatures hitting 13.36°C
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Last month was the third warmest February on RECORD - with global average temperatures hitting 13.36°C

Daily Mail  

It might have felt like a cold, wet February for those of us in the UK, but around the world last month was one of the hottest ever. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month was the second hottest February on record with global average surface air temperatures hitting 13.36°C February was also 1.59°C above for 1850-1900, this …

Today is the warmest February 21 on record as temperatures hit over 17 °C
1 month, 1 week ago

Today is the warmest February 21 on record as temperatures hit over 17 °C

NL Times  

Temperatures climbed to 17.1 degrees Celsius at the national weather station in De Bilt on Friday, making this the warmest February 21 ever measured. Typically, the first spring or mild day happens around March 9, but early spring days have been common in recent years, Weeronline reported. The first day of the year that temperatures reach 15.0 degrees Celsius in …

January 2025 was warmest on record despite La Nina's cooling effect: EU climate agency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

January 2025 was warmest on record despite La Nina's cooling effect: EU climate agency

The Hindu  

The planet experienced its warmest January on record last month despite the development of La Nina, a climate pattern that usually brings cooler global temperatures, the European climate agency said on Thursday. This comes on the heels of the Earth experiencing its hottest year on record in 2024, also the first to see global average temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius …

Hottest March adds to 10-month run of record-breaking temperatures
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hottest March adds to 10-month run of record-breaking temperatures

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 March was the 10th month in a row to be the hottest on record for …

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month, with marine heat waves across large areas of …

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

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. Read our privacy policy For the 10th consecutive month, …

2024 records hottest-ever January and February
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 records hottest-ever January and February

The Hindu  

This year’s February was the hottest February ever. Map 2 | The map shows the country-wise average monthly surface temperature as on February 15, 2024. While the absolute temperatures in a month are depicted in Chart 1, the deviation from a specific month’s average surface temperature from the 1991- 2020 mean is depicted in Chart 3. Map 4 | The …

World experienced warmest February on record in 2024: European Union climate agency
1 year ago

World experienced warmest February on record in 2024: European Union climate agency

The Hindu  

The world, last month, experienced the warmest February on record, with the average temperature being 1.77 degrees Celsius more than the February average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period, the European Union's climate agency said on March 7. With an average temperature of 13.54 degrees Celsius, February 2024 was 0.12 degrees Celsius warmer than the previous warmest February in …

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

Oceans break high-temperature record in warmest February marked globally
1 year ago

Oceans break high-temperature record in warmest February marked globally

Al Jazeera  

Marine high occurs during what was also the hottest February on record, marking ninth straight month with such a milestone for respective month. Ocean temperatures hit a record high last month, which was also the warmest February on record globally, scientists in the European Union have said. The average global sea surface temperature stood at 21.06 degrees Celsius in February, …

Global hot streak continues: February was Earth’s warmest on record
1 year ago

Global hot streak continues: February was Earth’s warmest on record

LA Times  

The planet has experienced its ninth consecutive month of record-breaking warmth, with a simmering February rounding out the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest meteorological winter on record, international climate officials announced this week. The global surface temperature in February was 56.4 degrees — about 0.2 of a degree warmer than the previous February record set in 2016, according to the European Union’s …

Global hot streak continues as February, winter, world’s oceans all break high temperature marks
1 year ago

Global hot streak continues as February, winter, world’s oceans all break high temperature marks

New Indian Express  

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 any …

February smashes global temperature record: NASA
9 years ago

February smashes global temperature record: NASA

India TV News  

Washington: A combination of strong El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean and human-caused warming drove temperatures in February this year to levels never before seen since records began in 1880, according to new NASA data. The data shows that February had a global average surface temperature of 1.35 degrees Celsius above the 1951 to 1980 average. The 1.35-degree Celsius …

NASA: February smashes global temperature record
9 years ago

NASA: February smashes global temperature record

The Hindu  

A combination of strong >El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean and human-caused warming drove temperatures in February 2016 to levels never before seen since records began in 1880, according to new NASA data. The data shows that February had a global average surface temperature of 1.35 degrees Celsius above the 1951 to 1980 average. The 1.35 degree Celsius temperature …

February smashes monthly world temperature records by 'shocking' amount as 'climate emergency' declared
9 years ago

February smashes monthly world temperature records by 'shocking' amount as 'climate emergency' declared

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. According to Nasa data, global surface temperatures across land …

NASA confirms February 2016's shocking global warming temperature record.
9 years ago

NASA confirms February 2016's shocking global warming temperature record.

Slate  

Update, March 12, 2016: Data released Saturday from NASA confim that February 2016 was not only the most unusually warm month ever measured globally, at 1.35 degrees Celsius above the long-term average—it was more than 0.2 degrees Celsius warmer than the previously most unusually warm month ever measured: January 2016. On Twitter, Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute …

Last March was hottest since 1880 and climate change could make 2015 the warmest on record
9 years, 11 months ago

Last March was hottest since 1880 and climate change could make 2015 the warmest on record

Daily Mail  

The Earth experienced its hottest month of March since record-keeping began in 1880. The first three months of 2015 were nearly a tenth of a degree higher than the old record and four-tenths of a degree warmer than January through March of last year. Blunden blames the record heat on a combination of El Niño, a blob of record hot …

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