Global temperatures in April 2024 were 1.6°C higher than the average for April during the pre-industrial era
The records just keep being smashed. Global temperatures last month were the highest ever recorded for the month of April, makingThe average global surface air temperature during April 2024 was 15.03°C , which is 0.14°C above the previous record for April set in 2016.This means average global temperatures were 1.6°C higher during April 2024 than the average for April between 1850 and 1900, regarded by climate scientists as the pre-industrial benchmark.
The global average for the past 12 months is also the highest on record, at 1.6°C above the 1850 to 1900 average.There is no doubt that the long-term increase in global temperatures is being driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. The El Niño phenomenon, during which warm waters spread across the Pacific and release heat into the atmosphere, has also contributed to the recent run of record-breaking months. There was a strong El Niño in 2016, when the previous April record was set.in the second half of the year, meaning cold water spreads across the Atlantic, cooling the surface air but warming the oceans. That should result in a temporary dip in global surface temperatures.
In fact, global surface temperatures during the past year have been even higher than expected after taking into account human-caused warming and El Niño,
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