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Second-warmest November on record means that 2024 is likely to be Earth’s hottest year, report says
2 weeks ago

Second-warmest November on record means that 2024 is likely to be Earth’s hottest year, report says

Associated Press  

Earth just experienced its second-warmest November on record — second only to 2023 — making it all but certain that 2024 will end as the hottest year ever measured, according to a report Monday by European climate service Copernicus. Jennifer Francis, a climate scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Cape Cod, who wasn’t involved in the report, said …

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Heatwave like conditions in northeastern states; Assam, Arunachal record 38°C
3 months ago

Heatwave like conditions in northeastern states; Assam, Arunachal record 38°C

Hindustan Times  

The seven northeastern states, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, are witnessing heatwave-like conditions for the past few days, officials at the regional weather office said. Day temperature likely to be above 4–5°C over the region during the next 3-4 days in the northeastern states. In Assam, the region has witnessed no or very limited rainfall in …

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September 1 breaks yet another warm weather record
3 months, 3 weeks ago

September 1 breaks yet another warm weather record

Dutch News  

September 1, 2024 is the warmest on record, with the temperature reaching 31.5° in Maastricht by 4 pm. The previous top temperature dates from 1926 and was also set in Maastricht, weather bureau Weeronline said. The temperature also reached a record 28.5° at the De Bilt weather station near Utrecht where official meteorological records are set. Sunday is the sixth …

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Last month was the second-hottest July on RECORD - only 0.04°C lower than the previous high set in July 2023, figures reveal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Last month was the second-hottest July on RECORD - only 0.04°C lower than the previous high set in July 2023, figures reveal

Daily Mail  

After a month of rain and dreary days over the UK, it might come as a surprise for many Brits to learn that last month was the second hottest July on record. However, despite not breaking the monthly record, last month still saw the hottest day ever as average temperatures reached 17.16°C on 22 July. The Copernicus Climate Change Service …

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Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth’s temperatures soar to record highs
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth’s temperatures soar to record highs

Associated Press  

BENI MELLAL, Morocco — In the unrelenting heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. “We don’t have money and we don’t have a choice,” said Ouhbour, a 31-year-old unemployed woman from Kasba Tadla, an even warmer city that some experts say is among the hottest on Earth. “I’ve been analyzing these numbers from the cool of my …

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Temperature records shattered across the West as intense heat wave drags on
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Temperature records shattered across the West as intense heat wave drags on

LA Times  

Tourists walk through cooling misters as the temperature reaches 118 degrees Monday in Palm Springs. Las Vegas on Sunday smashed its record high temperature by three degrees, hitting 120 for the first time since record-keeping began in 1937. Las Vegas is also expected to break its all-time record for consecutive days at or above 110 degrees, on its way there …

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Punishing heat dome to worsen over California, West and send temperatures to dangerous highs
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Punishing heat dome to worsen over California, West and send temperatures to dangerous highs

CNN  

CNN — A brutal heat dome is ramping up and sending temperatures to dangerous levels in California and the West in what is the region’s first significant heat wave of the year. July-like high temperatures will top out at 20 to 25 degrees above normal in multiple Western states this week and could break several daily record high temperatures. Phoenix; …

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Temperature set to soar across Victoria, SA and Tasmania in record March heatwave
9 months, 1 week ago

Temperature set to soar across Victoria, SA and Tasmania in record March heatwave

ABC  

In short: Temperatures across Victoria are set to reach the high 30s for the third straight day. "Melbourne's had a number of March overnight minimum temperature records broken and there's also been some maximum temperature," she told ABC News Breakfast. "There's a really strong and stubborn high pressure system in the Tasman Sea that directs hot, northerly winds over south-eastern …

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With hot October temperatures, this is ‘virtually certain’ to be the warmest year on record
1 year, 1 month ago

With hot October temperatures, this is ‘virtually certain’ to be the warmest year on record

LA Times  

Following another month of record-shattering temperatures, European scientists said Wednesday that 2023 is “virtually certain” to go down as the planet’s hottest year on record. Last month was the hottest October ever recorded, with an average global surface temperature of 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit— about 3.1 degrees warmer than the preindustrial average, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European climate …

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Record ocean and land heat continues in autumn as El Nino intensifies
1 year, 1 month ago

Record ocean and land heat continues in autumn as El Nino intensifies

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Ocean and land temperatures continued their record-breaking spree in October. Sea surface and land temperatures have been at record highs for seven and five months respectively, data maintained by University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer shows. Average sea surface temperatures were significantly high in October compared to the 1982-2011 mean and higher than any year since 1981 as per …

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Dutch heat record broken for third day in a row; warm and sunny weekend ahead
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch heat record broken for third day in a row; warm and sunny weekend ahead

NL Times  

The Netherlands broke the warm weather record for the third day in a row on September 8. As of 3:30 p.m. on Friday, the official temperature in De Bilt, Utrecht, was 29.8 degrees, according to the weather station at the headquarters of the Dutch meteorological institute, KNMI. The temperature in De Bilt peaked at 29.6 degrees on Wednesday, shattering a …

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Earth records hottest day– third day running
1 year, 5 months ago

Earth records hottest day– third day running

Hindustan Times  

Monday marked a grim milestone for Earth – it was, on average, the hottest day ever recorded, however, the record lasted only for a day as it was broken again on Tuesday and then again on Wednesday, underscoring the incredible pace at which the human-induced climate crisis is spreading over the planet. On Wednesday, the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, …

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Temps to climb as high as 32°C on Monday; New drought record likely
1 year, 6 months ago

Temps to climb as high as 32°C on Monday; New drought record likely

NL Times  

The thermometer's brief dip in the Netherlands will be short-lived, with high temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees Celsius over the weekend, and peaking at about 32 degrees on Monday. Combined with the wind and extremely low chance of precipitation, tens of thousands of children should be able to easily participate in Outdoor Play Day, activities around the country were …

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39°C in Ahmedabad After Over 30 Yrs in Feb, Record High Temp in Delhi as Winter Makes Early Exit
1 year, 10 months ago

39°C in Ahmedabad After Over 30 Yrs in Feb, Record High Temp in Delhi as Winter Makes Early Exit

News 18  

Amid the unusual rise in the temperature in parts of west and northwest India, Delhi on Monday recorded the warmest day of the season so far with a maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius. As per the Indian Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature, at the range of 23-28 degrees Celsius over parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand from February 15 …

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2022 tied for the fifth-hottest year on record, NASA says
1 year, 11 months ago

2022 tied for the fifth-hottest year on record, NASA says

LA Times  

A worker in New Delhi quenches his thirst during a heat wave in May. By NASA’s slightly different accounting it tied for the fifth-hottest year, sharing that “alarming distinction” with 2015, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. NOAA said the planet’s average global temperature last year was just 0.4 of a degree Fahrenheit higher than the year before. Russell Vose, chief …

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Grassy slopes in the Alps? European slopes facing snow shortage in record warm winter
1 year, 11 months ago

Grassy slopes in the Alps? European slopes facing snow shortage in record warm winter

LA Times  

Skiers speed down a slope with artificial snow Saturday at more than 5,000 feet above sea level in the resort of Villars-sur-Ollon in Switzerland. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in much of Europe is allowing grass to blanket mountaintops across the region where snow might normally be, causing headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white. …

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First day of heat wave brings record temperatures to Southern California
2 years, 3 months ago

First day of heat wave brings record temperatures to Southern California

LA Times  

A pedestrian walks along the path at Echo Park Lake on Tuesday in Los Angeles as the region braced for a heat wave expected to last into next week. Woodland Hills reached 112 degrees, breaking the previous daily record of 111 degrees set on Aug. 31, 1998, according to the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. Burbank’s high of 112 …

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Weather records will be obliterated more often in the future, says KNMI
2 years, 5 months ago

Weather records will be obliterated more often in the future, says KNMI

NL Times  

The chance of future weather records being broken more often will increase as long as the earth continues to warm up, according to the KNMI. This does not happen every year, but records like these will be crushed more often with the climate warming, according to the KNMI. But if the earth warms up faster and exponentially, the chance of …

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Europe Heatwave: Over 1,000 Killed In Spain As Day Temperature Touches 40 Degrees Celsius
2 years, 5 months ago

Europe Heatwave: Over 1,000 Killed In Spain As Day Temperature Touches 40 Degrees Celsius

ABP News  

With heatwave conditions aggravating in Europe, Spain’s health ministry reported 1,047 deaths this year as temperatures soared to touch 40 degrees celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days, reported news agency ANI. The maximum temperature has surpassed record levels in several countries including UK that recorded over 40 degrees celsius. The mercury was way above …

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LIVE: UK records ‘highest ever’ temperature as heatwave scorches country
2 years, 5 months ago

LIVE: UK records ‘highest ever’ temperature as heatwave scorches country

The Independent  

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Earth experienced 6th hottest year on record in 2021, but 4th hottest for United States
2 years, 11 months ago

Earth experienced 6th hottest year on record in 2021, but 4th hottest for United States

LA Times  

Map of global average surface temperature in 2021 compared to the 1981-2010 average, with places that were warmer than average colored red, and places that were cooler than average colored blue. The year 2021 was marked not only by extreme weather events nationwide and in the West — it was also the Earth’s sixth-hottest year on record, federal officials announced …

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Here’s how temperature records around the world are validated
3 years, 4 months ago

Here’s how temperature records around the world are validated

Live Mint  

During last week's heatwaves in Italy and Spain, meteorologists in both countries announced provisional data suggesting temperature records had been set there. Here is how the WMO validates record claims, and what the records can tell us: Months of evaluation Confirming a claimed heat record takes several months. An initial assessment is carried out by the WMO Commission for Climatology …

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Explained: How Antarctica hit record temperature amid heat wave in Europe, Arctic
3 years, 5 months ago

Explained: How Antarctica hit record temperature amid heat wave in Europe, Arctic

Firstpost  

The new record for the maximum temperature for Antarctica is now 18.3 degrees Celsius, eclipsing the previous high of 17.5 degrees Celsius in March 2015 If you have followed the international weather news in June, you are probably still trying to process the astounding reports of record-breaking heat wave in some of the coldest places on the planet. “This new …

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High chance of hitting 1.5°C tipping point during next five years, warns WMO
3 years, 6 months ago

High chance of hitting 1.5°C tipping point during next five years, warns WMO

Hindustan Times  

There is a 40% chance of the annual average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius temporarily in at least one of the next five years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. On Thursday, WMO said there is a 90% likelihood of at least one year between 2021-2025 becoming the warmest on record, which would beat 2016 at being the warmest …

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