Warmer, wetter, hotter, drier — February caps unending stretch of record temperatures

© The Financial Times Limited 2024. All Rights Reserved. Not to be redistributed, copied or modified in any way. The warmest northern hemisphere winter on record was accompanied by unsurpassed sea surface temperatures and unusual drought and rain patterns across the world, the Europe’s Earth observation agency said. The global average temperature in February was […]

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The warmest northern hemisphere winter on record was accompanied by unsurpassed sea surface temperatures and unusual drought and rain patterns across the world, the Europe’s Earth observation agency said.

The global average temperature in February was 1.77C above the pre-industrial average and marked the ninth month in a row of record heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

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