2024 confirmed Earth’s hottest year ever, alarming 1.6°C rise in temperatures: Report
Live MintYear 2024 has been adjudged the hottest year on Earth, with a record global average temperature of 15.1°Celsius, overtaking 2023 by 0.12°Celsius, the latest report by Copernicus Climate Change Service revealed. Global surface air temperature increase above the average for the pre-industrial reference period for each month from January 1940 to December 2024, plotted as time series for each year. Some of the highlights of the report are : -2024 is confirmed as the hottest year on record with a global average temperature of 15.10°C, overtaking 2023, the previous warmest year, by 0.12°C. Global surface air temperature increases above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial reference period, based on several global temperature datasets shown as annual averages since 1967 -A new record high for daily global average temperature was reached on July 22, 2024, at 17.16°C, according to ERA5.