Earth’s Hottest Year: 2024 Breaks Global Temperature Records

[Social Media]

 

In an unprecedented climate milestone, 2024 has been declared the hottest year on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880. This announcement by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) marks the second consecutive year that global temperature records have been shattered. Previously, 2023 held the title of the planet’s warmest year on record.

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with the average global temperature pushing past a major climate threshold. pic.twitter.com/GP0wNSZQKV

— DW News (@dwnews) January 11, 2025

 

According to NOAA, the average land and ocean surface temperatures in 2024 surpassed the 2023 record by less than two-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit. This consecutive record-breaking is a stark reminder of the persistent warming trend that climate scientists have warned about for decades, supported by numerous climate models.

 

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson underscored the gravity of the situation, stating, “Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880. Between record-breaking temperatures and wildfires currently threatening our centers and workforce in California, it has never been more important to understand our changing planet.”

 

In 2024, the Earth’s temperature was approximately 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (1.47 degrees Celsius) higher than the average from the mid-19th century, a period between 1850 and 1900, as estimated by NASA scientists. Although the warming was widespread, there were regional variations. North America, Europe, Africa, and South America all experienced their warmest years on record, while Asia and the Arctic had their second-warmest year. The broader trend is undeniable: the planet’s ten hottest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade, as reported by NOAA.

 

This new record follows a year filled with climate extremes. From June 2023 to August 2024, Earth experienced 15 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures, described by NASA scientists as an “unprecedented heat streak.” Gavin Schmidt, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, highlighted this pattern, saying, “The pattern of warming that you see is, in fact, very close to what models have predicted for many years, and we are now seeing very, very clearly.”

 

The extreme heat of 2024 was exacerbated by El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon associated with warmer-than-usual waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño typically intensifies the baseline warming caused by human-induced climate change, increasing the likelihood and severity of temperature extremes.

 

Russell Vose, chief of the monitoring and assessment branch at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, pointed to several extreme heat events in 2024. In Mexico, a severe heat wave in May and June resulted in over 100 fatalities. In Phoenix, Arizona, the city endured a record 113 consecutive days with triple-digit temperatures, far surpassing the previous record of 76 days set in 1993.

 

As the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate, these records serve as a critical call to action for addressing climate change on a global scale.

 

Based on a report by NBC 2024-01-13

 

 

[spidermike007]

The sceptic will argue that anything we do could not possibly influence the climate, or effect the atmosphere. The planet is simply too large, and the population is too small to have any effect. Let the ships dump whatever they want into the ocean. The ocean is simply too large for anything we do to damage it. 

 

This frees them to buy as many plastic bottles as they please, drive filthy diesel vehicles, and behave as if nothing effects anything. 

 

It's not us. It is just a cycle. We are not responsible. 

[newbee2022]

9 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

In an unprecedented climate milestone, 2024 has been declared the hottest year on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880. This announcement by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) marks the second consecutive year that global temperature records have been shattered. Previously, 2023 held the title of the planet’s warmest year on record.

 

According to NOAA, the average land and ocean surface temperatures in 2024 surpassed the 2023 record by less than two-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit. This consecutive record-breaking is a stark reminder of the persistent warming trend that climate scientists have warned about for decades, supported by numerous climate models.

 

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson underscored the gravity of the situation, stating, “Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880. Between record-breaking temperatures and wildfires currently threatening our centers and workforce in California, it has never been more important to understand our changing planet.”

 

 

In 2024, the Earth’s temperature was approximately 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (1.47 degrees Celsius) higher than the average from the mid-19th century, a period between 1850 and 1900, as estimated by NASA scientists. Although the warming was widespread, there were regional variations. North America, Europe, Africa, and South America all experienced their warmest years on record, while Asia and the Arctic had their second-warmest year. The broader trend is undeniable: the planet’s ten hottest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade, as reported by NOAA.

 

This new record follows a year filled with climate extremes. From June 2023 to August 2024, Earth experienced 15 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures, described by NASA scientists as an “unprecedented heat streak.” Gavin Schmidt, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, highlighted this pattern, saying, “The pattern of warming that you see is, in fact, very close to what models have predicted for many years, and we are now seeing very, very clearly.”

 

The extreme heat of 2024 was exacerbated by El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon associated with warmer-than-usual waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño typically intensifies the baseline warming caused by human-induced climate change, increasing the likelihood and severity of temperature extremes.

 

Russell Vose, chief of the monitoring and assessment branch at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, pointed to several extreme heat events in 2024. In Mexico, a severe heat wave in May and June resulted in over 100 fatalities. In Phoenix, Arizona, the city endured a record 113 consecutive days with triple-digit temperatures, far surpassing the previous record of 76 days set in 1993.

 

As the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate, these records serve as a critical call to action for addressing climate change on a global scale.

 

Based on a report by NBC 2024-01-13

 

 

Well, every path begins with the first step. Thailand could contribute a lot of using solar energy. As a main source of energy it wouldn't need any other power plants. 

Obviously no business for big money.😵‍💫

[black tabby12345]

 

Global Warming impact.

 

No wonder they started to grow banana in the mainland of Japan in recent years.

Previously, their climate was too cold for its growth(other than  subtropical Okinawa and the Ogasawara isles).

 

But things are changing; their summer heat is just as immense  as here these days...

 

 

A NEW AGRICULTURE: Snow Country Bananas - Dig More Japan

[Will B Good]

Don't believe a word of it.....and here is my evidence.....

 

Thailand braces for cold snap with Bangkok at 16 degrees

[frank83628]

Trumps fault 

[OneMoreFarang]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

by less than two-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit

Wow! And then Fahrenheit...

I wonder what the margin of error is. 

[OneMoreFarang]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

As the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate, these records serve as a critical call to action for addressing climate change on a global scale.

 

I suggest from now on no private planes should be allowed anymore. 

I wonder how fast the rich and powerful would need to declare that this is all not so serious. And how can anybody survive without private plane.

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

The sceptic will argue that anything we do could not possibly influence the climate, or effect the atmosphere. The planet is simply too large, and the population is too small to have any effect. Let the ships dump whatever they want into the ocean. The ocean is simply too large for anything we do to damage it. 

 

This frees them to buy as many plastic bottles as they please, drive filthy diesel vehicles, and behave as if nothing effects anything. 

 

It's not us. It is just a cycle. We are not responsible. 

Obviously, humans are in part responsible for climate change.

The skeptics, me included, ask why governments all over the world implement seemingly stupid ideas to "fight" climate change.

I.e. making one country cleaner and outsourcing all the dirty production to other countries, with less restrictions, is a stupid idea.

Switching off nuclear power, and then using coal, is a stupid idea.

There are many of those stupid idea. They might look good to some voters locally but cost a fortune and are counterproductive if people would look at the whole world.

[OneMoreFarang]

28 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Global Warming impact.

 

No wonder they started to grow banana in the mainland of Japan in recent years.

Previously, their climate was too cold for its growth(other than  subtropical Okinawa and the Ogasawara isles).

 

But things are changing; their summer heat is just as immense  as here these days...

 

 

A NEW AGRICULTURE: Snow Country Bananas - Dig More Japan

Is that good news?

Now they don't have to transport bananas from far away to Japan anymore.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Obviously, humans are in part responsible for climate change.

The skeptics, me included, ask why governments all over the world implement seemingly stupid ideas to "fight" climate change.

I.e. making one country cleaner and outsourcing all the dirty production to other countries, with less restrictions, is a stupid idea.

Switching off nuclear power, and then using coal, is a stupid idea.

There are many of those stupid idea. They might look good to some voters locally but cost a fortune and are counterproductive if people would look at the whole world.

 

You also have to wonder.......if a nation is on its uppers and its politicians are desperate for financial stability, desperate to reduce national debt (all to selfishly stay in power)........what has convinced so many of them to throw money at a problem that doesn't exist??????

[OneMoreFarang]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

 

You also have to wonder.......if a nation is on its uppers and its politicians are desperate for financial stability, desperate to reduce national debt (all to selfishly stay in power)........what has convinced so many of them to throw money at a problem that doesn't exist??????

It's big business, isn't that obvious?

 

Similar to wars. Most people don't want wars. But lots of rich people and politicians and governments are happy to make lots of money with the industrial military complex. 

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It's big business, isn't that obvious?

 

Similar to wars. Most people don't want wars. But lots of rich people and politicians and governments are happy to make lots of money with the industrial military complex. 

 

Wars exist.....you can hardly ignore that.....I don't see how governments benefit in anyway from switching to more expensive forms of energy generation just to solve a problem that "doesn't exist".....why not crack on with coal fired power stations and save us all a fortune.

[frank83628]

19 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I suggest from now on no private planes should be allowed anymore. 

I wonder how fast the rich and powerful would need to declare that this is all not so serious. And how can anybody survive without private plane.

No, its only the normal citizens that are the problem.  

[frank83628]

Since records began, 145 years ago. 

[koolkarl]

When Earth's temp. gets to 2 degrees above pre-industrial Earth's temp., we will go the way of the dinosaur. And I believe it

is now at 1.6 degrees. 

[black tabby12345]

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Is that good news?

Now they don't have to transport bananas from far away to Japan anymore.

 

Even when they started to make it in own country, they can be far from becoming  self-sufficient in banana culture.

 

The primary issue is its price; pretty prohibitive.

As their production cost(including their labor)  is a lot more than the major exporters outside Japan(3rd world countries).

 

You will be stunned if you check out the price of their Locally Produced Banana(including the one from Okinawa); often costs $50-100 for 1kg or less.

 

While it only costs a $1(for 4-5 pieces) or so at their supermarkets,  in case of those from Brazil or the Philippines.

[KhunLA]

And where would those temps be, because it's colder than I can remember here / PKK now, than the past 20 years since I've been here, living or visiting this time of year.

 

In the teens C overnight.

 

 

Average temps for PKK ... nothing less <20C

 

[The Cyclist]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

And where would those temps be, because it's colder than I can remember here / PKK now, than the past 20 years since I've been here, living or visiting this time of year.

 

In the teens C overnight.

 

I got up this morning to 11 degrees, it was ffffffff freezing 😀😀

[rattlesnake]

It's bloody freezing at the moment.

 

But I'm sure that if I was "smart and educated", I would understand this is actually a symptom of global warming, kind of like when not having any symptoms was a symptom of Covid.

[MalcolmB]

Old people don’t “believe in” weather reports if it says that it is hotter.

Those same old people would believe them if it revealed it was colder.

 

Scientists declared 30 years ago that it would get hotter and hotter.

And it has happened.

 

which proves to me you should listen to scientists, not old people.

[The Cyclist]

9 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Scientists declared 30 years ago that it would get hotter and hotter.

And it has happened.

 

which proves to me you should listen to scientists, not old people.

 

Yes, we should listen to the Scientists, especially these ones

 

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/1 Glacial-Interglacial Cycles-Final-OCT 2021.pdf

 

Not the modern day, fly by nights, paid for by Al Gore

[KhunLA]

23 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Old people don’t “believe in” weather reports if it says that it is hotter.

Those same old people would believe them if it revealed it was colder.

 

Scientists declared 30 years ago that it would get hotter and hotter.

And it has happened.

 

which proves to me you should listen to scientists, not old people.

I listen to climatologist, not funded scientist, that usual agree with the agenda of the folks funding ... IMHO

 

Not to be trusted ... again .. IMHO

 

Climatologist do NOT agree with the MMGW/CC spin being pushed.

 

Here's some reading for you ...

https://aseannow.com/topic/1328381-rising-sea-temperatures-and-extreme-heat-could-deter-tourism-in-thailand/#findComment-19333587

 

[MalcolmB]

9 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I listen to climatologist, not funded scientist, that usual agree with the agenda of the folks funding ... IMHO

 

Not to be trusted ... again .. IMHO

 

Climatologist do NOT agree with the MMGW/CC spin being pushed.

 

Here's some reading for you ...

https://aseannow.com/topic/1328381-rising-sea-temperatures-and-extreme-heat-could-deter-tourism-in-thailand/#findComment-19333587

 

Was last year the hottest or not?

Was the last ten years the hottest or not?

 

 

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Was last year the hottest or not?

Was the last ten years the hottest or not?

Not where I live, certainly not now, more like coldest, that I can remember, as stated.

 

Try reading the links I posted, instead of MSM headlines 

 

Is the planet getting warmer ... possibly, some areas.

 

But it's not the fault of humans, or anything they can control, stop or reverse.

 

Human contribution is minimal, if any.  Latter more like it.

[The Cyclist]

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

Was last year the hottest or not?

Was the last ten years the hottest or not?

 

 

 

Have youn heard of Glacial and Inter-Glacial periods, stretching back hundreds of thousands of years ?

 

I posted the link above. The timescale you quote above is absolutely meaningless.

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, koolkarl said:

When Earth's temp. gets to 2 degrees above pre-industrial Earth's temp., we will go the way of the dinosaur. And I believe it

is now at 1.6 degrees. 

 

Maybe let's look at the bigger picture.

 

[Purdey]

Unfortunately, people who are bored of listening to scientists exist. There was one bozo who, on a cold day on January 29, 2019 in New York tweeted "what the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please come back fast, we need you." 

People don't get climate change where the weather in one place doesn't reflect what is happening on average globally. 

Extremes of local temperature can mean very cold in winter but excessively hot in summer. What scientists have shown is that the average temperature of the whole world has risen. 

[rattlesnake]

An interesting book to read is Times of Feast, Times of Famine: A History of Climate Since the Year 1000 by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.

 

Climate has evolved in cycles for as far as we can remember, and there is nothing fundamentally abnormal about the current situation.

 

The Climate industry is, for all intents and purposes, a scam.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Times-Feast-Famine-History-Climate/dp/0374521220

[OneMoreFarang]

27 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Unfortunately, people who are bored of listening to scientists exist. There was one bozo who, on a cold day on January 29, 2019 in New York tweeted "what the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please come back fast, we need you." 

People don't get climate change where the weather in one place doesn't reflect what is happening on average globally. 

Extremes of local temperature can mean very cold in winter but excessively hot in summer. What scientists have shown is that the average temperature of the whole world has risen. 

 

I think many climate activists can blame themselves for what you describe.

I.e. with the current fires in LA lots of people blame climate change. But is that really the reason?

Would there be no fires without climate change? Were there no fires in the same region decades ago?

 

Personally, I am not denying that climate change exists in principle. But blaming every flood and hurricane and fire on climate change as if they didn't exist before is a little lame and unproductive.