February 2024 the hottest ever recorded worldwide. February marked 1.77 degrees warmer than the average for the month over the period 1850-1900 - the pre-industrial reference period.
"exceptionally high" daily temperatures in the first half of the month, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which is based in Brussels, Belgium. It is the ninth consecutive month of record maximum temperatures across the planet, the EU weather service, Copericus, said.