The planet added another record-breaking month to 2023, with October ranking as the warmest October in the 174-year global climate record.
The planet added another record-breaking month to 2023, with October ranking as the warmest October in the 174-year global climate record.
Last month was also 2023’s fifth month in a row of record-warm global temperatures, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Below are more highlights from NOAA’s October global climate report:
Climate by the numbers
October 2023
The average global temperature for October was 2.41 degrees F (1.34 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 57.1 degrees F (14.0 degrees C), ranking as the world’s warmest October on record. This was 0.43 of a degree F (0.24 of a degree C) above the previous record from October 2015. For the seventh-consecutive month, global ocean surface temperature also set a record high.
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