As predicted, last year beat 2023 as the warmest year on record, exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures according to several agencies, and with Canada ranking as one of the hottest places on Earth in 2024!

Four of the six international datasets crunched by WMO indicated a higher than 1.5℃ global average increase for the whole of last year but two did not.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year on record, with global average temperatures about 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels. This follows a decade of relentless heat, with every year since 2015 ranking among the ten hottest years on record.

The year 2024 was the hottest on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have been in the past decade

An iconic depiction of global temperatures has been updated to represent the average global temperature for 2024. The European Copernicus climate service said on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record,

Weather organizations from around the world agree that the planet's average global surface temperature in 2024 could well have passed a crucial threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate change.

Scientific agencies around the world confirmed that 2024 surpassed the global temperature record set in 2023 as carbon emissions contribute to extreme weather.