James Hansen

2024 will be the warmest year on record by a wide margin.

Accurate ●●●●●
“Finally, we suggest that 2024 is likely to be off the chart as the warmest year on record.”
Said on
22 September 2022 · Hansen, Sato and Ruedy, "August Temperature Update, a 'Thank You' & Biden's Report Card", 22 September 2022 (made during the third La Nina year)
Source
August Temperature Update, a "Thank You" & Biden's Report Card · Columbia University (James Hansen mailings)
Should come true
2024
How sure they sounded
we suggest ... is likely
Categories
Climate
Importance
3 of 5 · An early test of the warming-acceleration thesis made more than two years ahead, during a La Nina.

Outcome

Accurate Happened 31 December 2024.

NASA confirmed 2024 as the warmest year on record at +1.28°C vs 1951-1980, about 0.11°C above the previous record set in 2023 (GISTEMP v4 +1.17°C). Made two years ahead during a La Nina, the forecast held.

Evidence:

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