Has 2023 been the worst summer?
Has 2023 been the worst summer? The Weather of Summer 2023 Was the Most Extreme Yet. Even compared to the intensifying severe-weather events of recent years, this season was exceptional, marked by historic heat, wildfires, and storms. The summer of 2023 was the Northern Hemisphere's hottest in recorded history.
What was the hottest day in history 2023?
This Monday, 3 July 2023, was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F), surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92C (62.46F), as heatwaves sizzled around the world.
Is 2023 the hottest year ever?
An extraordinary run of global temperature records means that 2023 is now “virtually certain” to be the warmest year ever logged, according to the EU's climate change service.
Will 2023 have a very hot summer?
The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Will 2024 be hotter than 2023?
Next year is likely to be even hotter. “We're anticipating that not only is 2023 going to be possibly a record warm year, but we anticipate that 2024 will be warmer still,” said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.