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This year could beat 2023 for the hottest year on record as 15-month heat streak extends, according to Noaa

The world just had its hottest July ever recorded, elongating a string of monthly temperature highs that now stretch back for 15 consecutive months, US government scientists have announced.

Last month was about 1.2C (2.1F) hotter than average across the globe, making it the hottest July on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said on Thursday. This means that every month for the past 15 months has beaten its previous monthly record.

“The streak started in June 2023 and now exceeds the record streak set over 2015 and 2016,” said Karin Gleason, monitoring section chief at Noaa’s National Centers for Environmental Information, who added that last month’s record was by a “photo finish” small margin over last July.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We're on that line hovering above the rest of course

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And the best part is that going to zero emissions now will do pretty much nothing to this progression.

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Am I not thinking properly yet or is it weird that northern hemisphere summer makes the world so much warmer than southern hemisphere summer?

Is it just because these measurements are taken on land and there's more land mass in the northern hemisphere?

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

The delta is only 4 degrees and has something to do that earth seasons with respect to hemispheres aren't perfect.

So it might look to you like "winter/summer", but in reality the delta is much smaller.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Climate change is very real.

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