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Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported January 2024 as the hottest month with a 1.66 °C above the pre-industrial average making it 0.12 °C warmer than January 2020. [3] For the first time, the global temperature was above 1.5 °C for 12 months, breaching the 1.5 °C limit set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. [ 4 ]
32 mm (1.3 in) Preston, Lancashire: 10 August 1893 Highest 30-min total 80 mm (3.1 in) Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway [7] 26 June 1953 Highest 60-min total 92 mm (3.6 in) Maidenhead, Berkshire: 12 July 1901 Highest 90-min total 117 mm (4.6 in) Dunsop Valley, Lancashire 8 August 1967 Highest 120-min total 193 mm (7.6 in) [8]
The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
During the first 11 months of 2024, the globe’s surface temperature was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the 1901-2000 average of 57.2 degrees. It was also the hottest summer on record.
C3S said data from January to November had confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record, and the first in which average global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 ...
Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates the UK economy grew by 0.3% in November 2023, having retracted by the same amount the previous month, meaning the UK avoided going into recession, although the risk of doing so remains. [53] The government defends spending £27,000 replenishing its wine cellar during the COVID-19 pandemic. [54]
Named heat waves are warm weather events that have been designated with a nickname due to their historical significance. Extreme heat is recognized as a natural phenomenon that poses severe risks to human health, and the likelihood of such incidents has increased due to the effects of climate change.
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