{"id":86673,"date":"2024-09-16T12:09:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/?p=86673"},"modified":"2024-09-16T12:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:25:49","slug":"earth-had-its-hottest-august-in-175-year-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/earth-had-its-hottest-august-in-175-year-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth had its hottest August in 175-year record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer 2024 was Northern Hemisphere\u2019s warmest on record.<\/p>\n

August 2024 was Earth\u2019s hottest August in NOAA\u2019s 175-year climate record.<\/p>\n

The sweltering month was also the 15th month in a row of record-warm months and wrapped up the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s warmest\u00a0meteorological summer<\/a>\u00a0on record, according to scientists and data from NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information.<\/p>\n

Here are highlights from NOAA\u2019s latest monthly global climate report:<\/p>\n

Climate by the numbers<\/h2>\n

August 2024<\/h3>\n

The average global land and ocean surface temperature in August was 2.29 degrees F (1.27 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 60.1 degrees F (15.6 degrees C), ranking as the warmest August in the global climate record.\u00a0This August marks the 15th-consecutive month of record-high global temperatures \u2014 which is itself a record streak.<\/p>\n

Europe and Oceania had their warmest August on record, Asia saw its second-warmest while Africa and North America each had their third-warmest August.<\/p>\n

Season (June\u2013August 2024) | Year to date (YTD, January\u2013August 2024)<\/h3>\n

June\u2013August 2024 was the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s hottest meteorological summer on record, at 2.74 degrees F (1.52 degrees C) above average. The season, which also marks the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter, was the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s warmest winter on record at 1.73 degrees F (0.96 of a degree C) above average.<\/p>\n

Globally, the YTD ranked as the warmest such YTD ever recorded, at 2.30 degrees F (1.28 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 57.3 degrees F (14.0 degrees C).\u00a0 According to\u00a0NCEI\u2019s Global Annual Temperature Outlook<\/a>, there is a 97% chance that 2024 will rank as the world\u2019s warmest year on record.<\/p>\n

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An annotated map of the world plotted with the most significant climate events of August 2024. See the story below as well as the report summary from NOAA NCEI at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/Global202408offsite link<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>(Image credit: NOAA\/NCEI)<\/span>Download Image<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Other notable climate events<\/h2>\n

Sea ice extent continued to run low:\u00a0<\/strong>Global sea ice extent (coverage) was the second-smallest in the 46-year record, at 8.32 million square miles, which was 1.05 million square miles below the 1991\u20132020 average. Arctic sea ice extent was below average, ranking fourth-lowest on record; while Antarctic extent was also below average, ranking second-lowest on record.<\/p>\n

Tropics saw an average August:\u00a0<\/strong>Fifteen named storms spun across the globe in August, which was near the 1991\u20132020 average. The Atlantic basin saw two tropical cyclones during August: Debby, a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in Florida, and Ernesto, a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Bermuda. The East Pacific saw seven tropical cyclones, which is significantly above average, the West Pacific saw five cyclones and the North Indian Ocean saw one.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/strong> \"\"<\/p>\n

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