* Reminder of previous sad records: * ** *the global average temperature for 2023 is estimated to be *1.48°C* warmer than the 1850-1900 average designated as the pre-industrial level. * the 1.5°C warming threshold for an entire 12-month period, was passed with February 2023 to January 2024 running 1.52°C (2.74 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than pre-industrial levels.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-february-2024-was-globally-warmest-record-global-sea-surface-temperatures-record-high Bonn, 07/03/2024 Copernicus: February 2024 was globally the warmest on record – Global Sea Surface Temperatures at record high - February 2024 was the warmest February on record globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 13.54°C, 0.81°C above the 1991-2020 average for February and 0.12°C above the temperature of the previous warmest February, in 2016. - This is the ninth month in a row that was the warmest on record for the respective month of the year. - The month was 1.77°C warmer than an estimate of the February average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period. - The global-average temperature for the past twelve months (March 2023–February 2024) is the highest on record, at 0.68°C above the 1991-2020 average and *1.56°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average*. - The daily global average temperature was exceptionally high during the first half of the month, reaching 2°C above the 1850-1900 levels on four consecutive days (8–11 February). - European temperatures in February 2024 were 3.30°C above the 1991-2020 average for February, with much-above average temperatures experienced in central and eastern Europe. - Outside Europe, temperatures were above average over northern Siberia, central and northwest North America, the majority of South America, across Africa, and in western Australia. - El Niño continued to weaken in the equatorial Pacific, but marine air temperatures in general remained at an unusually high level. - The average global sea surface temperature (SST) for February 2024 over 60°S–60°N was 21.06°C, the highest for any month in the dataset, above the previous record of August 2023 (20.98°C). Sea surface temperature is defined over the global extrapolar ocean, from 60°S to 60°N. This is used as a standard diagnostic for climate monitoring. - The average daily SST reached a new absolute high of 21.09°C at the end of the month. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAHodn98jZRvFj-7yZ8ycULXe2mUhEha%3DQayJ2mzBL6Ks0%2B0pRg%40mail.gmail.com.
