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Warmest Year on Record 2023
- 10 Jan 2024
- 1 min read
2023 emerges as the warmest year on record, surpassing the 2016 record, with significant implications for global climate patterns and extreme weather events.
- 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than the average of the 1850-1900 pre-industrial level.
- Approximately 50% of days were more than 1.5°C warmer than the same baseline.
- Record temperatures in 2023 led to widespread heatwaves, floods, droughts, and wildfires.
- Marine heatwaves were observed in various regions, including the Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, North Pacific, and much of the North Atlantic.
- The onset of El Niño in 2023 played a role in exacerbating temperature extremes.
- El Niño is a natural weather phenomenon that warms the surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, which contributes to higher global temperatures.
