August 2024 was Earth’s hottest August in NOAA’s 175-year climate record.
August 2024 was Earth’s hottest August in NOAA’s 175-year climate record.
The sweltering month was also the 15th month in a row of record-warm months and wrapped up the Northern Hemisphere’s warmest meteorological summer on record, according to scientists and data from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Here are highlights from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the Numbers
August 2024
The average global land and ocean surface temperature in August was 2.29 degrees F (1.27 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 60.1 degrees F (15.6 degrees C), ranking as the warmest August in the global climate record. This August marks the 15th-consecutive month of record-high global temperatures — which is itself a record streak.
Europe and Oceania had their warmest August on record, Asia saw its second-warmest while Africa and North America each had their third-warmest August.
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