Recent climate data has revealed that January 2024 was the warmest January on record, marking the ninth consecutive month of record-breaking warmth, according to the ERA5 reanalysis. This unprecedented streak of high temperatures has led to the world experiencing its first year-long breach of the key 1.5C warming limit, a significant threshold outlined in the Paris Agreement. The global sea surface temperature for January also set a new record, based on NOAA ERSSTv5 data. Climate and weather researchers, who did not anticipate such an exceptional year, were taken by surprise as 2023 became the world's hottest year on record. The contiguous U.S. experienced temperatures in January 2024 that were almost the same as the 1991-2020 normal, which is significantly warmer than previous decades. Canada saw its warmest December-January period on record. Early projections for 2024 suggest that the annual temperatures could surpass 1.5C relative to preindustrial levels. The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service highlighted the continuation of exceptional heat into 2024, with global average temperatures reaching 1.66C above the average during pre-industrial times, and the global mean temperature for the past twelve months is 1.52C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. Scientists warn that 2024 could be even warmer than the record-breaking 2023, with January temperatures being the 8th consecutive monthly record and reaching a 1.7°C warming mark. Records going back to 1950 confirm that the last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, and paleoclimatology suggests this is the warmest for at least 100,000 years.
For the first time, the average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average for a full 12 months, the EU's climate body said. https://t.co/8FUlaCiq6G
The hottest January on record pushed the 12-month global average temperature over the 1.5-degree threshold for the first time. https://t.co/TTj9Aj13ho https://t.co/pHj3Ub560v
The first month of 2024 was the hottest January on record. https://t.co/7pNyxHQQRz
Anddddd January 2024 is now the 8th consecutive month of new global temperature records... not great!! 🙃 More info on January's climate summary from @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 data: https://t.co/OojDQuFgsE https://t.co/NfG4lAm3W9
Data from Copernicus today shows the world’s climate is 1.5ºC hotter than pre-industrial levels over a 12-month period for the first time, temporarily breaching the target set at the 2015 Paris Agreement and underlining the scale of global heating and its impact on human rights.
The temperature records keep on coming. January 2024 was the hottest January on record, at 1.7°C above the preindustrial average for the month https://t.co/eQ52n9cZlW
January 2024 was hottest first month of any year in history, EU scientist warns https://t.co/66drT2MGx7 https://t.co/KIPD7oC0tR
PACE is in SPACE! 🛰 🌍 January 2024 was Earth's 8th straight hottest month on record. @NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite PACE will map aerosols around the globe to help us better understand the remarkable warmth. #climate @Ginger_Zee @JuliaTheWriter https://t.co/VZ9xurPn9x https://t.co/hYCaHqcUrN
ICYMI: @CopernicusEU confirms January 2024 was the warmest January on record. And yes, this is the 8th month in a row warmest on earth (paleoclimatology helps them say for at least 100k years). But why? https://t.co/ZlGRtfnzpP https://t.co/Vnc9uKnmoB
Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in records going back to 1950 https://t.co/3m6ezPHbAi https://t.co/wfme9idMnR
“For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service.” https://t.co/EfzxdHVhJv
Last month was the warmest January ever recorded globally, scientists say, which also means the global mean temperature for the past twelve months is 1.52C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average https://t.co/Dx79hdOxne Read more 👇
World experienced hottest January on record, scientists say https://t.co/U4GaouM6Zq
Daily Briefing | World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit ➡️ https://t.co/MLoyfJQ3OU https://t.co/IQ1CR13aio
The first time the world exceeds temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over 12 months, according to European climate monitors https://t.co/W1YDfwtant https://t.co/TEQ5K7Lkas
🌡 The average 12-month global temperature has risen above the Paris Agreement threshold of 1.5C for the first time, the EU’s climate change service has said https://t.co/6jEPYejDP2
World breaches critical 1.5C global warming threshold across entire year for the first time https://t.co/xBo9fEUSUS
The exceptional warmth that first enveloped the planet last summer is continuing strong into 2024: Last month clocked in as the hottest January ever measured, the European Union climate monitor announced on Thursday. https://t.co/1UzQUWiWIN
World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit https://t.co/O8Pm8U4hEk @DrLizBentley
January was the warmest on record after world's hottest year in 2023 https://t.co/iVBmSgMP6e via @LauraMillanL https://t.co/SWWruitAGf
January 2024 was hottest on record, scientists say https://t.co/hC9OYE57S1 Read more 👇
January Was the Warmest on Record After World’s Hottest Year in 2023 Last month’s temperatures were almost 1.7C above the pre-industrial average, as scientists warn 2024 could be even warmer than 2023. https://t.co/fBcrpt39aC
2023 was the hottest year on record. Experts are already predicting 2024 will beat its extremely high temperatures https://t.co/PB2YarPrkx
January Was World's Warmest On Record, Say Scientists https://t.co/s0WjTZPFZ6 https://t.co/epHnTtb9cu
Last month "the warmest January on record," scientists warn https://t.co/nkBWdJxkuE https://t.co/O0eBEpOdjD
Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark https://t.co/JymUV6AKqF
The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fueled by climate change, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said https://t.co/SokA5lJXEi
World's first year-long breach of key 1.5°C warming limit 🔥🌎 https://t.co/q8Q6toiNsC
Last month 'the warmest January on record', scientists warn https://t.co/PHWcIRuZsQ
World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit https://t.co/pJoyPr6itL
#BREAKING World sees first 12 months above 1.5C warming level: climate monitor https://t.co/u4ZWJR0Q8z
January was the warmest on record, with global average temperatures 1.66C above the average during pre-industrial times https://t.co/98QEBpoSkG
With January 2024 coming in as the warmest on record, I've updated my projection for 2024 annual temperatures in the ERA5 dataset. Its currently on track to be just above 1.5C relative to preindustrial levels, albeit with high uncertainty this early in the year: https://t.co/Tnh80okCyF
Meanwhile, in Canada, the Dec 2023 - Jan 2024 period is the warmest Dec-Jan on record. https://t.co/iWnh8tRZBP
January temperatures in the Contiguous U.S. were almost exactly the same as the 1991-2020 normal. Remember that the 1991-2020 reference period is much warmer than previous decades. January 2024 was still in the warmest 1/3 of all Januarys since 1940. https://t.co/5AhtF0lrlK
🚨🚨🚨Breaking: January 2024 was the warmest January on record according to the just released ERA5 reanalysis. The is the 8th consecutive monthly record. 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/INkse2Fsq1
January was the ninth straight warmest month, and early data suggests it'll likely be the warmest January on record. https://t.co/5YkpvdRF1O
Climate and weather researchers weren’t expecting an exceptional year. But 2023 clocked in as the world’s hottest on record — a surprise to many scientists. https://t.co/Li7SO5bIGj
Last month set another new record for global sea surface temperature, which was easily the warmest January on record... Graphic using @NOAA ERSSTv5 data (https://t.co/V8F2Mhb8Iw). Methods detailed in https://t.co/59vZAgPuUR. https://t.co/jSM5gopXxB
January was the 9th-straight warmest month on record, early data shows https://t.co/Y66acaItin
‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit 🔥🌎 https://t.co/wVfGVGivUX
January was the 9th-straight warmest month on record, early data shows. https://t.co/g15fq3QuxW
🔥🔥🔥 Global SSTs in January were the warmest of any January on record. This is the 10th consecutive global monthly record. https://t.co/G5Pjj9U38r