Record shattering:Earth had its hottest July in 174 years

[Brenda]

Global sea surface temperature hit record high for 4th-consecutive month
August 14, 2023

(sorry if this was previously posted hatrack, didn't see it in search)


Earth just roasted under its hottest July on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

For the fourth-consecutive month, the global ocean surface temperature also hit a record high.

Here’s a closer look into NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:

Climate by the numbers

July 2023

The average global surface temperature in July was 2.02 degrees F (1.12 degrees C) above average, ranking it as the warmest July in NOAA’s 174-year record. Because July is the globe’s warmest month of the year from a climatological perspective, July 2023 was also likely Earth’s warmest month on record.

July 2023 was the first time an average July temperature exceeded 1.8 degrees F (1.0 degree C) above the long-term average. Also of note, last month was 0.36 of a degree F (0.20 of a degree C) warmer than the previous July record from 2021. July 2023 marked the 47th-consecutive July and the 533rd-consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average.

For the fourth-consecutive month, the global ocean surface temperature hit a record high as El Niño conditions that emerged in June continued into July. Globally, July 2023 set a record for the highest monthly sea surface temperature anomaly — which indicates how much warmer or cooler temperatures are from the long-term average — of any month in NOAA’s climate record, with an anomaly of 1.78 degrees F or 0.99 of a degree C. On July 13, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued a statement announcing a greater than 95% chance that El Nino will continue through winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

The year to date (YTD, January through July)

The first seven months of 2023 ranked as the third-warmest such YTD on record, with a global temperature of 1.85 degrees F (1.03 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 56.9 degrees F (13.8 degrees C).

According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Outlook and data through July, it is virtually certain (> 99.0%) that 2023 will rank among the five-warmest years on record, with a nearly 50% probability that 2023 will rank as the warmest on record.

More with imagery at link:

https://www.noaa.gov/news/record-shattering-earth-had-its-hottest-july-in-174-years

[Think. Again.]

1. Thanks for posting this....

Seeing these clearly presented statistics really brings home what all of the warnings and predictions have been trying to tell us for years.

I have only one hope in life now, I hope that we will now begin taking every action we can think of to reduce and eliminate CO2 emissions as we prepare ourselves for the worst case scenario of ecological and societal disruption.

[Brenda]

2. Yes, the stats tend to wake you up.

I appreciate your mantra but this is an odd place. People have to tip toe around things here.

You would think we would all be on the same fucking page, by now.