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Earth’s hottest August in 175 years

September 21 , 2024 6 days 87 0
  • August 2024 was the hottest August in 175 years.
  • 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).
  • The southern hemisphere was its warmest winter on the record at 0.96-degree centigrade above average.
  • The summer season in 2024 was the northern hemisphere’s warmest on record.
  • At present, global sea ice extent is the second-smallest in the 46-year record, at 8.32 million square miles.
  • It was 1.05 million square miles below the 1991-2020 average.

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