2023 shaping up to be warmest year in NOAA's global climate record
![HUARINA, BOLIVIA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: An aerial view of a boat stuck in the dried lake bed of Lake Titicaca. The water level of Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, has been dropping drastically due to the unprecedented winter heat that hit the country. September 2023 was the warmest September on record for South America and the globe. (Image credit: Gaston Brito Miserocchi/Getty Images) HUARINA, BOLIVIA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: An aerial view of a boat stuck in the dried lake bed of Lake Titicaca. The water level of Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, has been dropping drastically due to the unprecedented winter heat that hit the country. September 2023 was the warmest September on record for South America and the globe.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1697761368.jpg?h=027156cf&itok=5m9iKM1_)
HUARINA, BOLIVIA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: An aerial view of a boat stuck in the dried lake bed of Lake Titicaca. The water level of Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, has dropped drastically due to the unprecedented winter heat that hit the country. September 2023 was the warmest September on record for South America and the globe. (Image credit: Gaston Brito Miserocchi/Getty Images)