No surprise if you’ve been paying attention: 2023 was the hottest year on record

10.01.2024 01:58

2023 has replaced 2016 as the warmest calendar year on record, according to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

Global temperatures set new records in calendar 2023, according to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMRWF). Calendar 2023 was the warmest since 1850.

In addition:

From June to December, each month was warmer than its corresponding month since 1850.
July and August were the warmest two months on record.
For the first time, every day in 2023 was more than 1.8ºF / 1ºC above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average for that day.

This is a different view of the same data, using C rather than F.

Monthly global surface air temperature [1] anomalies (°C) relative to 1991–2020 from January 1940 to December 2023, plotted as time series for each year. 2023 is shown with a thick red line while other years are shown with thin lines and shaded according to the decade, from blue (1940s) to brick red (2020s). Data source: ERA5. Credit: C3S/ECMWF.

Last year, we also experienced a record number of days that were 1.5ºC above the pre-industrial average. Moreover, as this chart shows, two days were more than 2°C warmer than 1850-1900. This is the first time daily temperature was more than 2°C hotter.

The number of days during which the temperature exceeded the average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period, by more than 1°C, from the years 1990 to 2023. The plot highlights temperature increases within three ranges: 1–1.25°C (orange), 1.25–1.5°C (red), and 1.5°C or more (crimson). Source: ERA5. Credit: C3S/ECMWF

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