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Global temperatures at highest level ever recorded
March 7, 2024 - The month of February 2024 was globally the warmest ever recorded, according to data from the EU’s Copernicus programme, registering an average temperature 1.8°C higher than the pre-industrial average.
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February 2024 was the ninth consecutive month to log the warmest average global temperature, according to the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation agency.
Every month since June 2023, has recorded a new temperature high – February’s was 1.8°C warmer than the pre-industrial period average.
In fact, the average global temperature for the past 12 months is the highest ever documented, at 1.6°C above the pre-industrial average, aided in part by a 1.1% rise in carbon dioxide emissions during that time.