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A person covers themselves with a towel as temperatures reach 38C in Montpellier, France on 19 July 2023.

State of the Climate: 2023 smashes records for surface temperature and ocean heat

Last year was the warmest since records began in the mid-1800s – and likely for many thousands of years before.  It was the first year in w... Read More

State of the climate | Jan 12. 2024.
A man carries a fan as temperatures reach 38C in Montpellier, France.

State of the climate: Global temperatures throughout mid-2023 shatter records

The first three quarters of 2023 has seen exceptional heat globally, putting 2023 on track to be the warmest year since records began in the mid-1800... Read More

State of the climate | Oct 23. 2023.
Firefighters spray water at people due to intense heat during a football game in Argentina.

State of the climate: 2023 now likely hottest year on record after extreme summer 

The first half of 2023 has been extremely warm worldwide as a developing El Niño event on top of human-caused climate change helped drive temperatur... Read More

State of the climate | Jul 26. 2023.
A person washes his face with water during high temperature weather day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 11, 2023.

State of the climate: Growing El Niño threatens more extreme heat in 2023

This year is shaping up to be one of top four warmest years on record – and has a modest chance of being the warmest on record. Exceptional... Read More

State of the climate | Apr 28. 2023.
Citizens make their way through flooded streets with difficulty in the Dagai Mukaram Khan region, Pakistan.

State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2022

With a new year underway, most of the climate data for the whole of 2022 is now available. And this data shows that last year set new records for ind... Read More

State of the climate | Jan 18. 2023.
The Farnborough International Trade Airshow during the height of the UK heatwave, 2022.

State of the climate: 2022 is currently tied for fourth warmest year on record

This year has been one of extremes, featuring record-shattering summer heatwaves and devastating floods. Western Europe and parts of Asia have had th... Read More

State of the climate | Dec 7. 2022.
A man breaks a block of ice to distribute it among the residents of a slum during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, April 28, 2022

State of the climate: 2022 on track for a summer of extreme heat

The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a scorcher. June 2022 saw the warmest temperatures on record over the world’s land areas – and record-brea... Read More

State of the climate | Jul 25. 2022.
Sea oats and grass at the beach at sunset

State of the climate: Start of 2022 is the fifth warmest on record

After a slightly cooler 2021 on the Earth’s surface, the world is on track for 2022 to be somewhere between the fourth and eighth warmest year sinc... Read More

State of the climate | Apr 27. 2022.
Train-passing-through-a-flooded-road-in-Germany,-February-2021

State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2021

The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface tem... Read More

State of the climate | Jan 17. 2022.
Sunset in Henry County, Iowa, with haze and smoke from forest fires

State of the climate: Summer 2021 sets new high for average land temperature

The year so far has been one of extremes, featuring record-shattering heatwaves, wildfires and flooding, as well as the warmest-ever northern-hemisph... Read More

State of the climate | Oct 19. 2021.
People ride on a waterlogged road in Zhengzhou after torrential rains

State of the climate: 2021 sees widespread climate extremes despite a cool start

While the early months of 2021 have been cooler than much of the past decade, global temperatures have risen in recent months as the effects of La Ni... Read More

State of the climate | Jul 26. 2021.
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