That 2023 will be the year with the highest recorded temperatures in history, as well November became the sixth consecutive record-breaking monththe European Copernicus Observatory announced on Wednesday (6/12), amid the negotiations at COP28.
Last month, with the Earth’s surface temperature reaching 14.22°C at the surface of the Earth, it exceeded the previous monthly record by 0.32°Crecorded in November 2020.
November 2023 was also 1.75°C warmer than the average of any corresponding month in the period 1850-1900, as the pre-industrial era is defined.
Northern Hemisphere autumn was also warmest on record ‘by a wide margin’
The Northern Hemisphere autumn (September-November) was also the warmest on record “by a wide margin”, with the temperature at 15.3°C, 0.88°C above average.
“2023 now includes six months and two record-breaking seasons. “This unusual November, during which we had two days where temperatures were 2 degrees above pre-industrial times, means that 2023 will be the warmest year on record,” he stressed. Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), in a statement released today.
Since January, the average temperature is the highest ever recorded for the first 11 months of any year: 1.46°C above the 1850-1900 average and 0.13°C above the first eleven months of 2016the warmest year on record so far this year.
“As long as greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase, we cannot expect any different results than what we are seeing this year. The temperature will continue to rise, as will the effects of heat waves and droughts.” warned Carlo Buodembo, director of C3S as reported by the Athens News Agency citing AFP.
The cyclical climate phenomenon El Niño continues to fuel rising temperatures in 2023 and has yet to reach its peak.
November 2023 sea surface temperature was also historically the warmest on record for this time of year, 0.25°C higher than the previous record set in November 2015. The record adds to those broken every month since April this year.
Arctic sea ice extent recorded its 8th monthly minimum this year in November, shrinking to 4% below average. In Antarctica, ice cover last month was the second lowest on record, 9% below average, according to the Copernicus observatory.
Drought continued to affect many parts of the US, central and eastern Asia last month, and was felt much more strongly in South America. On the contrary, in Europe the weather was wetter, as there was in particular the occurrence of the storm Kiran, which brought widespread rainfall to a large part of it.
Source: News Beast
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