2023 was world’s hottest year on record

The year of 2023 was the hottest on record and likely the world’s warmest in the last 100,000 years, according to EU scientists


SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE ANOMALY, 2023
Relative to average for 1991-2020 reference period

2023 global average temperature 14.98°C

6°C
3
2
1 
0.5 
0.2 
-0.2 
-0.5 
-1 
-2 
-3 
-6


GLOBAL SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASE
Relative to average for pre-industrial (1850-1900) reference period

Annual averages since 1967

2016: Previous high

2023: 1.48°C above pre-industrial average

°C 
1.5
1.2 
0.9 
0.6 
0.3 
0
    
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020


Sources: Copernicus Climate Change Service, Reuters 
Picture: C3S/ECMWF 
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