{"id":85332,"date":"2024-05-16T15:51:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/?p=85332"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:52:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:52:19","slug":"global-temperature-record-streak-continues-as-climate-change-makes-heatwaves-more-extreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/global-temperature-record-streak-continues-as-climate-change-makes-heatwaves-more-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Global temperature record streak continues, as climate change makes heatwaves more extreme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was the warmest April on record \u2013 the eleventh month in a row of record global temperatures. Sea surface temperatures have been record high for the past 13 months. Extreme weather caused many casualties and socio-economic disruption.<\/p>\n

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The monthly reports from\u00a0Copernicus Climate Change Service,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,<\/a>\u00a0NASA and the\u00a0Japan Meteorological Agency<\/a>\u00a0highlight the extraordinary duration of record temperatures fuelled by the naturally occurring El Ni\u00f1o event and the additional energy trapped in the atmosphere and ocean by greenhouse gases from human activities. A similar streak happened previously during the strong El Ni\u00f1o event of 2015\/2016.<\/p>\n

April 2024 had an average surface air temperature of 15.03\u00b0C, 0.67\u00b0C above the 1991-2020 average for April and 0.14\u00b0C above the previous high set in April 2016, according to the ERA5 dataset from\u00a0Copernicus Climate Change Service<\/a>\u00a0implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission.<\/p>\n

The month was 1.58\u00b0C warmer than an estimate of the April average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period, according to the ERA5 dataset.\u202fMonthly breaches of 1.5\u00b0C<\/a>\u00a0do not mean that the world has failed to achieve the Paris Agreement\u2019s temperature goal, which refers to a long-term temperature increase over decades.<\/p>\n

South America had its warmest April on record, whilst Europe had its second warmest, according to NOAA.<\/p>\n

Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent in April was the smallest on record. Both Eurasia and North America were below average, whereas parts of eastern Russia and China were above average. Global sea ice extent was the tenth smallest on record, according to NOAA.<\/p>\n

The record temperatures were accompanied by\u00a0high-impact weather events<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 including intense heat in many parts of Asia.\u00a0A new study from World Weather Attribution<\/a>\u00a0said that climate change made the deadly heatwaves that hit millions of highly vulnerable people more extreme.<\/p>\n

Drought bit southern Africa and extreme rainfall hit the Arabian peninsula. Persistent heavy rainfall in\u00a0East Africa<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0southern Brazil\u00a0<\/a>has worsened in the first week of May, leading to devastating and deadly floods.\u00a0Afghanistan also suffered deadly flash flooding in mid-May<\/a>, killing at least 300 people and causing widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe high number of extreme weather and climate events (including record daily and monthly temperatures and rainfall amounts) are more likely in a warmer world,\u201d said WMO climate expert Alvaro Silva.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sea surface temperature in several ocean basins, including in the tropical belt, continues to be record high, releasing more heat and moisture to the atmosphere and thus exacerbating conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The El Ni\u00f1o in the eastern equatorial Pacific continued to weaken towards neutral conditions, but marine air temperatures in general remained at an unusually high level.<\/p>\n

The global sea surface temperature averaged for April 2024 over 60\u00b0S\u201360\u00b0N was 21.04\u00b0C, the highest value on record for the month, marginally below the 21.07\u00b0C recorded for March 2024, according to C3S.<\/p>\n

WMO uses six internationally recognized datasets for its climate monitoring activities and State of the Global Climate reports.<\/p>\n

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Extreme heat<\/h2>\n

There were big temperature differences within Europe. Outside Europe, temperatures were most above average over northern and northeastern North America, Greenland, eastern Asia, northwest Middle East, parts of South America, and most of Africa.<\/p>\n

Large regions of Asia \u2013 including Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Philippines – experienced temperatures well above 40\u00b0C for many days. The heat was particularly difficult for people living in refugee camps and informal housing, as well as for outdoor workers.<\/p>\n

While the death toll is often underreported, hundreds of deaths have been reported already in most of the affected countries. The heat also had a large impact on agriculture, causing crop damage and reduced yields, as well as on education, with holidays having to be extended and schools closed in several countries, affecting millions of students.<\/p>\n

The rapid\u00a0study from World Weather Attribution<\/a>\u00a0confirmed that the role of climate change is likely of similar magnitude to the heatwaves in South Asia studied in 2022 and 2023, which were found to be around 30 times more likely and much hotter. In the Philippines, event would have been impossible without human-caused climate change. In West Asia, climate change increased the probability of the event by about a factor of 5.<\/p>\n

India suffered repeated heatwaves in April and the early part of May, with the\u00a0India Meteorological Department<\/a>\u00a0issuing numerous advisories and warnings to protect people\u2019s health. The highest maximum temperature of 47.2\u00b0C had been recorded at Gangetic West Bengal on 30 April. Schools were closed in Bangladesh as a safety precaution against the dangerous heat.<\/p>\n

Thailand recorded many new station temperature records \u2013 for instance 44.1\u00baC at Mueang Phetchabun Phetchabun on 27 April, according to the\u00a0Thailand Meteorological Department<\/a>. In Myanmar there were also new temperature records of 48.2\u00b0C at Chauk.<\/p>\n

Mexico also recorded unusually high temperatures. The station of Gallinas measured 45.8\u00b0C on 2 May \u2013 compared to an average May temperature of 34.1\u00b0C (1981-2010 baseline). The heatwave is expected to continue with maximum temperatures greater than 40\u00b0C, according to the\u00a0national meteorological and hydrological service, CONAGUA<\/a>. On 9 May, in\u00a0Observatorio de Tacubaya\/Mexico City<\/a>\u00a0the temperature reached 34.3\u00b0C, a new all-time record high temperature for this weather station;\u00a0and Gallinas, eastern Mexico, recorded the 51.1 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n

Precipitation<\/h2>\n

It was predominantly wetter than average over most of north-western, central and north-eastern Europe. Most of southern Europe were drier than average, according to C3S.<\/p>\n

Conditions were wetter than average over central, eastern and southern North America, across Central Asia, the Persian Gulf countries, easternmost Asia, eastern Australia, southern Brazil. Heavy rainfall often led to floods.<\/p>\n

More Information on 1.5\u00b0C:\u00a0what it means and why it matters | United Nations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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