For the first time in history, The average annual temperature of the Earth will exceed the barrier of 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels registered. According to what was reported this Thursday by the Copernicus Climate Change Servicewill almost certainly be the warmest year on record.
The global average temperature of the last 12 months (November 2023-October 2024) was 0.74°C higher than the 1991-2020 average. Furthermore, it is estimated to be 1.62°C above the pre-industrial average of 1850-1900. Thus, it has been registered the second warmest October globallyafter 2023. According to the monthly bulletin of the Bonn-based institution, the average surface air temperature for the tenth month of the year was 0.80°C above the 1991-2020 average for that period.
“This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to increase ambition for the next Conference on Climate ChangeCOP29,” he indicated Samantha Burgessdeputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Likewise, they have been observed higher rainfall in the Iberian Peninsula, Francenorth of Italy, Norwaynorth of Sweden and this one from Black Sea. In fact, Copernicus gives as an example of this increase in rainfall the recent tragedy caused by DANA in the province of Valencia, which left more than 200 fatalities and countless material losses.
Temperatures in Europe and the world
In practically the entire continent, temperatures were higher than normal. Outside Europe, they also increased in the north of Canadathe west of USAthe north of Tibet, Japan and Australia.
The mean sea surface temperature (SST) within the coordinates 60°S-60°N reached in October 2024 the 20.68°Cthe second highest value in the records for that month and only 0.10ºC below the temperature of October 2023. The same thing happens with the degrees in which the surface of the oceans is normally found, since remained unusually high in many regions. This trend only stopped in Peaceful equatorial, eastern and central, whose average was lower.
Precipitation and drought
The Precipitation and soil moisture remained below average in most of eastern Europe, especially in western Europe. Russia, Greece and the west of Türkiye. However, at a global level, there were wetter conditions than the average in the south and east of China, Taiwan, Florida (United States) -where landfall occurred Hurricane Milton-, western parts of Australia and the southern end of Brazil.
On the other hand, in October, the Arctic sea ice extent reached the fourth lowest value for a month of October, 19% lower than average. In fact, the extent of sea ice in the Antarctica It also remained the second lowest for that month in the satellite data record, 8% below the average, so continues a series of large negative anomalies observed throughout 2023 and 2024.
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