2023-10-14 14:41:02
The NOAA announced that 2023 had already set the record for the period from January to September. Accordingly, June, July, August and September each recorded the hottest monthly value. The warmest year so far was 2016.
Unusual September
September particularly stood out. “It was not only the warmest September on record, but also by far the most unusual month in the 174 years that NOAA has been monitoring the climate,” said NOAA chief scientist Sarah Kapnick, according to the statement. The global average temperature for September was 1.44 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average. This was the largest deviation ever recorded for a month, writes NOAA.
The EU climate change service Copernicus recently reported that this September was 1.75 degrees warmer than the average temperature for this month in the pre-industrial reference period from 1850 to 1900. The average temperatures in 2023 have so far been 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels . That is only 0.1 degrees below the 1.5 degrees set as the climate target of the Paris Climate Agreement, which should not be exceeded in the long term by the end of the century.
According to NOAA, September reached record highs for the month in Africa, Europe, North and South America and Antarctica. In the Arctic and Asia, it was the second warmest September since records began. According to a preliminary assessment by the German Weather Service, Germany also experienced its warmest September since measurements began.
The natural climate phenomenon El Niño is currently gaining influence. An El Niño can increase temperatures, which are already constantly rising as a result of the climate crisis.
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