Summer 2024 was world’s hottest ever

Summer 2024 witnessed the hottest June and August, the hottest day, and the hottest northern hemisphere summer on record – increasing the likelihood of 2024 being the hottest year ever recorded


YEAR-TO-DATE GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
(relative to 1991-2010 for 10 warmest years, °C)

0.8
				AUG 2024
	JAN 2024		0.70°C		DEC 2023
0.6	0.70°C		2016			0.60°C
			2020	AUG 2023
			2017	0.47°C
0.4			2019
	JAN 2023		2022
	0.25°C			2018
0.2				2021
				2015

0

	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec


Source: Copernicus 
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