Dec 🌎 Climate Anomaly: +1.43°C (🟠 ↑ 0.07°C/yr)

December, 2023 global temperatures were about +1.43°C relative to the base period; Dec. temperature anomalies were ↑ 0.07°C per year on average over the last 5 years.

In last month’s climate post, I confidently predicted that this year would be the hottest on record. Here’s NOAA’s 2023 climate report.

The year 2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850 at 1.18°C (2.12°F) above the 20th century average of 13.9°C (57.0°F).