1.5 degrees exceeded for twelve months in a row: EU climate service shows alarming figures. January 2024 was also the warmest since records began.
According to Copernicus, the average value was 13.4 degrees Celsius, which is 0.7 degrees above the average from 1991 to 2020 and 0.12 degrees above previous record set in January 2020. Compared to the 19th century, the beginning of the year was even warmer The Climate Service's temperature records go back to 1950, and in some cases even further.