Last month added to the planet’s warm year so far, as April 2023 ranked as the world’s fourth-warmest April on record.
Last month added to the planet’s warm year so far, as April 2023 ranked as the world’s fourth-warmest April on record.
Earth’s global ocean temperatures were record high for the month, and the second-warmest for any month on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Climate by the Numbers
April 2023
The average global temperature in April was 1.80 degrees F (1.00 degree C) above the 20th-century average of 56.7 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), ranking as the fourth-warmest April in NOAA's 174-year climate record. April 2023 marked the 49th-consecutive April and the 530th-consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average.
The Southern Hemisphere had its warmest April and warmest month on record. The April 2023 temperature surpassed that of the previous record-warm month — March 2016 — by 0.10 of a degree F (0.06 of a degree C). Meanwhile, the Northern Hemisphere had its ninth-warmest April on record.
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