2024 was hottest recorded year and surpassed warning threshold
2024 was the hottest year on record and exceeded the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows, reported The Guardian on January 10th
The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, and was a jump of 0.1C from 2023, which was also a record hot year.
The C3S data also showed that a record 44% of the planet was affected by heat stress on July 1th 2024, and that July 22nd was the hottest day in recorded history.
The Guardian
