RISING GLOBAL WARMING TREND CONTINUES - COPERNICUS
Below are parts of a statement issued this week by Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
COPERNICUS Agency
"July 2024 was the second-warmest July globally in our data record, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 16.91°C. This was 0.68°C above the 1991-2020 average for July, and only 0.04°C lower than the previous high set in July 2023.
"Nevertheless, this marks the end of a 13-month period when each month was the warmest in the ERA5 data record for the respective month of the year.
"According to ERA5 data, July was 1.48°C above the estimated July average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period, also marking the end of a series of 12 consecutive months at or above 1.5°C.
"Although July 2024 was not quite as warm as July 2023 on average, the Earth experienced its two hottest days in the ERA5 data record. The daily global-average temperature reached 17.16°C and 17.15°C in ERA5 on 22 and 23 July. Given the small difference, similar to the level of uncertainty in the ERA5 data, it is not possible to say which of the two days was the hottest with complete certainty.
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"According to Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S): "The streak of record-breaking months has come to an end, but only by a whisker. Globally, July 2024 was almost as warm as July 2023, the hottest month on record. July 2024 saw the two hottest days on record.
"The overall context hasn’t changed, our climate continues to warm. The devastating effects of climate change started well before 2023 and will continue until global greenhouse gas emissions reach net-zero."
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"The sea surface temperature (SST) for July 2024 over 60°S–60°N was 20.88°C, the second-highest value on record for the month, and only 0.01°C below July 2023. This marks the end of a 15-month period when the SST had been the warmest in the ERA5 data record for the respective month of the year."
