Unrelenting rise in sea temperature

The world’s oceans have broken temperature records every day for the past year, according to analysis of the latest data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service


AVERAGE DAILY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (°C, 60°S-60°N)
2024	2023	1991-2020 average

May 4, 2024: 20.99°C

1979-2022

21.2 
21.0 
20.8 
20.6 
20.4 
20.2 
20.0 
19.8 
19.6 
19.4
	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 

60°N
60°S


Sources: BBC, Copernicus, ECMWF 
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