Hottest August in 174 years of data, says NOAA
Palestinian Mustafa Abdo, 75-years previous, repairs a fan at his store amid a warmth wave at Shati refugee camp. Abdo has been working within the upkeep {of electrical} home equipment for greater than 30 years, till now.
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A number of warmth data have been shattered this summer time.
Final month was the most popular August ever recorded, in response to Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data stretching again 174 years. The three-month interval from June to August was additionally the most popular ever, NOAA mentioned on Thursday, and encompassed the most popular meteorological winter ever for the Southern Hemisphere.
World sea floor temperatures had been the very best for any August on file, and it was the fifth month in a row the place world ocean sea floor temperatures set new highs for every respective month.
The ocean floor temperature anomaly, or measurement of the departure from a long-term common, for August 2023 was additionally the biggest anomaly on file.
Islamorada, Florida, July 24, 2023: At Alligator reed within the Florida Keys, elkhorn coral transplanted to the reef now seems bleached after days of excessive water temperatures. The coral at Alligator reef confirmed indicators of bleaching that had not been current solely every week earlier.
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Lastly, sea ice extent in August hit a file low for all Augusts on file, 550,000 sq. miles under the earlier file set in August 2019. Sea ice space is the whole area lined by ice, whereas “extent” refers back to the complete area with a minimum of 15 p.c sea ice cowl.
World marine warmth waves and the El Niño climate sample contributed to all of maximum temperature data in 2023, Sarah Kapnick, the chief scientist on the NOAA, mentioned in an announcement launched Thursday.
“However so long as emissions proceed driving a gradual march of background warming, we anticipate additional data to be damaged within the years to return,” Kapnick mentioned.
The file temperatures for air and water contributed to excessive climate across the globe in August, together with monsoon rains in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The NOAA summarized these occasions within the graphic embedded under.
NOAA and the Nationwide Facilities for Environmental Info plotted a number of the local weather anomalies from August 2023.
Chart courtesy NOAA and the Nationwide Facilities for Environmental Info.
