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6th June 2024

Copernicus: May 2024, streak of global records for surface air and ocean temperatures continues

The Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporti
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5th June 2024

Copernicus: May 2024 is the 12th consecutive month with record-high temperatures

C3S funded by the European Commission, observed that May 2024 was the warmest May on record globally, with a global average surface air temperature 0.65°C above the 1991–2020 average, marking the 12th consecutive month for w
Twelve-month running mean anomalies of the global average surface air temperature
7th May 2024

Copernicus: Global temperature record streak continues – April 2024 was the hottest on record

C3Simplemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in globa
timeseries era5 monthly global surface temp anomalies
22nd April 2024

Europe experiences widespread flooding and severe heatwaves in 2023

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), together with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), today release the 2023 European State of the Climate report (ESOTC 2023).The report provides descriptions and analysis of climate conditions and variations from across the Earth system, key eve
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9th April 2024

Copernicus: March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record

C3S, implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological var
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5th March 2024

Copernicus: February 2024 was globally the warmest on record – Global Sea Surface Temperatures at record high

C3S, implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological vari
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8th February 2024

Copernicus: In 2024, the world experienced the warmest January on record

C3S, implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological vari
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9th January 2024

Copernicus: 2023 is the hottest year on record, with global temperatures close to the 1.5°C limit

Global temperatures reached exceptionally high levels in 2023.
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6th December 2023

Copernicus: November 2023 – Remarkable year continues, with warmest boreal autumn. 2023 will be the warmest year on record

C3S, implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological vari
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8th November 2023

Copernicus: October 2023 - Exceptional temperature anomalies; 2023 virtually certain to be warmest year on record

C3S, implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
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