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Topic: State of the Climate

July 3, 2023: An aerial view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir in Glossop, England, after the United Kingdom sweltered through its hottest June on record. 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, beating the next warmest year (2016) by a record-setting margin of 0.27 of a degree F (0.15 of a degree C).

2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, by far

January 12, 2024

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July 3, 2023: An aerial view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir in Glossop, England, after the United Kingdom sweltered through its hottest June on record. 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record, beating the next warmest year (2016) by a record-setting margin of 0.27 of a degree F (0.15 of a degree C).

View of Earth from a satellite showing India with cloud cover.

Highlights from State of the Climate report: 2022

September 7, 2023

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View of Earth from a satellite showing India with cloud cover.

An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022

September 6, 2023

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An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

Drought destroyed sunflower crops near the Gardon river on August 10, 2022, in Anduze, France

2022 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

January 12, 2023

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Drought destroyed sunflower crops near the Gardon river on August 10, 2022, in Anduze, France

Man (lower right) takes in the expansive view of the dry arable landscape near Debre Libanos Gorge in Ethiopia. April 2021 photo.

2021 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

January 13, 2022

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Man (lower right) takes in the expansive view of the dry arable landscape near Debre Libanos Gorge in Ethiopia. April 2021 photo.

November 2021 was Earth’s 4th warmest on record

December 13, 2021

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October 2021 was world’s fourth warmest on record

November 15, 2021

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September 2021 was Earth’s 5th warmest on record

October 14, 2021

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A house and garage submerged in high flood waters in Waverly, Tennessee, after a complex of thunderstorms dropped more than a foot of rain across parts of central Tennessee on August 21, 2021.

Summer 2021 neck and neck with Dust Bowl summer for hottest on record

September 9, 2021

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A house and garage submerged in high flood waters in Waverly, Tennessee, after a complex of thunderstorms dropped more than a foot of rain across parts of central Tennessee on August 21, 2021.

The front cover of the State of the Climate in 2020 Report issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on August 25, 2021.

International report confirms 2020 was among 3 warmest years on record for planet

August 25, 2021

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The front cover of the State of the Climate in 2020 Report issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on August 25, 2021.

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