The extraordinary global temperatures of November foreshadow this. It has already had two days 2ºC above the pre-industrial temperature. Thus, 2023 is the warmest year on record. An unprecedented heat.
This is the conclusion of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). This reports the recorded variations in surface air temperature and sea ice coverage. They confirm that November 2023 was the warmest November on record worldwide. The average surface air temperature is 14.22°C.
Phenomena that come together
This month was 1.75ºC warmer than the estimated average of 1850-1900, the pre-industrial reference period. And the average global temperature in 2023 has been the highest since records began. 1.46ºC above the pre-industrial era average.
The average sea surface temperature for November 2023 was also the highest on record. That is, all records point to record temperatures. As if that were not enough, the El Niño phenomenon continued in the equatorial Pacific. These anomalies converge with all the other factors studied. On a seasonal scale, the fall of 2023 was the warmest on record worldwide, by far. In this case, the average temperature was 15.30°C and was 0.88°C higher than the average.
Very hot
The average European temperature from September to November 2023 was 10.96°C, that is, 1.43°C above the average. This made the fall of 2023 the second warmest on record. It is only 0.03°C colder than autumn 2020.
2023 is the warmest year on record. All study results are based on computer-generated analysis. According to the ERA5 data set, they use billions of measurements. These come from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.
