October 2023 was the warmest October on record worldwide, announced the European Observatory Copernicus on Wednesday.
With an average of 15.4°C at the global surface, the past month surpassed the previous record, set in October 2019, by 0.4°C, according to the institute, which describes this anomaly as “exceptional” for global temperatures.
According to the same source, October 2023 is thus “1.7°C warmer than the average October over the period 1850-1900”, i.e. before greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities precipitated climate change.
The October record is part of a string of monthly records that began in June, and should make 2023 the hottest year on record, ahead of the annual record set in 2016.
“We can say with virtual certainty that 2023 will be the hottest year on record”, announced Samantha Burgess, Deputy Head of Copernicus’ Climate Change Service (C3S), in a press release.
Since January, the average temperature has been the hottest ever measured over the first ten months of the year: 1.43°C above the climate of the years 1850-1900, according to the European Observatory.
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