Planet saw its 2nd-warmest October in 175-year record. This year to date – January to October 2024 – the global surface temperature has been 2.3°F (1.28°C) above the 20th-century average, making it the hottest such period on record.

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1. Earth saw another unusually warm month, with October 2024 ranking as the second-warmest October in NOAA’s 175-year global climate record.

   October also added another balmy month to 2024, which is almost certainly going to be Earth’s warmest year on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

   Below are more highlights from NOAA’s October global climate report:

   Climate by the numbers
   October 2024
   The average global temperature for October was 2.38 degrees F (1.32 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 57.2 degrees F (14.0 degrees C), ranking as the world’s second-warmest October on record — just 0.09 of a degree F (0.05 of a degree C) cooler than the record-warm October 2023.

   Regionally, North America had its warmest October on record while South America and Oceania each had their second-warmest October.

   The year to date (YTD, January through October 2024)
   The YTD global surface temperature was 2.30 degrees F (1.28 degrees C) above the 20th-century average, making it the warmest such period on record. Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America each had their warmest such YTD period.

   According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Outlook, there is a greater than 99% chance that 2024 will rank as the world’s warmest year on record.

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