The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record.
In its report released on Thursday, C3S said 2024 saw an average global temperature anomaly of 0.71°C in the first 10 months of the year (January to October), which was 0.16°C warmer than the same period in 2023.
The organisation noted that the average temperature anomaly for the rest of the year would have to drop to almost zero for 2024 to not be the warmest year.
It said October 2024 was the second-warmest October globally after October 2023, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 15.25°C, which was 0.80°C above the 1991-2020 average for October.
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According to the EU’s climate service, the average sea surface temperature (SST) for October 2024 was 20.68°C, making it the second-highest value on record for the month, and only 0.10°C below October 2023.
Samantha Burgess, deputy director of C3S, said the new record should serve as reason to raise climate ambitions at the upcoming conference of party (COP29).
“After 10 months of 2024, it is now virtually certain that 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first year of more than 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, according to the ERA5 dataset,” Burgess said.
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“This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.”
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