Global average air temperature will set a new annual record in 2023 or, failing that, in 2024.
Accurate ●●●●●
“Chances are growing that the air temperature will set a new record this year; if not, then almost certainly next.”
- Said on
- 25 May 2023 · The Crucial Years newsletter, "Two Really Dumb Things We Might Be Able to Stop"
- Source
- Two Really Dumb Things We Might Be Able to Stop · The Crucial Years (Substack)
- Should come true
- 2024
- How sure they sounded
- almost certainly
- Categories
- Climate
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Milestone in global warming record
Outcome
Accurate Happened 31 December 2023.
Copernicus confirmed 2023 as the warmest year on record (about 1.48°C above preindustrial), and 2024 then broke it again at about 1.55°C (WMO).
- https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2023-hottest-year-record
- https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
History
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