temperature

Global temperature records continue to break. This is how we monitor a warming Earth.

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A world map shows surface air temperatures for June 2023 compared to established averages from 1991 to 2020.

World daily temperature records were broken this week, according to preliminary data. The modeling tools that produced these estimates can provide early warning of extreme heat events, even if they aren’t as accurate as the monthly and annual reports produced by major agencies, experts say. Who produces the data? The University of Maine has set … Read more

For the third consecutive day, the Earth’s average temperature remained at record levels

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FILE - A security guard wearing an electric fan around his neck wipes sweat on a hot day in Beijing, Monday, July 3, 2023. The government ordered Beijing employers on Thursday, July 6, to stop working outdoors after the scorching summer heat in the Chinese capital it was expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Andy Wong, archive)

Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday after two days of the planet hitting unofficial records. It is the latest indicator in a series of extremes driven by climate change. The global average temperature was 17.18 degrees Celsius (62.9 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the University of Maines Climate reanalyzer, an instrument that … Read more