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Global Water Monitor Report 2023
January 19 , 2024
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- More than 77 countries experienced the highest average annual temperature in 45 years, according to the 2023 Global Water Monitor report.
- Record-high average temperatures were observed across all seasons.
- The year 2023 ranked second in relative air humidity, continuing a trend towards drier average and extreme conditions.
- Despite the warmer and drier conditions, high annual soil water conditions were observed in many regions.
- The water content in the soil over the land area was 3.5 per cent above the 1998-2005 average.
- Surface water occurrence (including lakes, rivers and other forms of temporary inundation) was the second lowest in two decades.
- Globally, the water surface occurrence was 7 per cent below the 2003-2006 average, the lowest since 2011.
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