2024: record-breaking watershed year for global climate
the 1850-1900 global average, according to the HadCRUT5 temperature series, collated by the Met Office, the University of East Anglia and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science. 2024 is therefore the warmest year on record and is likely the first calendar year exceeding 1.5°C. 2023’s value of 1.46°C