February 2024 the hottest ever recorded worldwide - Last hour. Last month was the warmest February ever recorded globally and the ninth consecutive month of historic maximum temperatures across the planet.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said February marked 1.77 degrees warmer than the monthly estimate for the period 1850-1900 - the pre-industrial reference period. "exceptionally high" daily temperatures in the first half of the month, according to the C3S, with sea surface temperatures also reaching a new high.