Last month was officially the hottest April on RECORD with global temperatures ... trends now
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This April has been the hottest recorded worldwide - and the 11th successive record-breaking month in a row, new figures show.
April 2024 was warmer than any previous April in records dating back to 1940, according to Copernicus, the EU's Climate Change Service.
Pushing up the air temperatures worldwide was both record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the weather phenomenon known as El Niño.
Global temperatures typically increase during an El Niño episode, as warmer water spreads further, and stays closer to the surface, releasing more heat into the atmosphere, creating wetter and warmer air.
Surface air temperature for the month was 15.03°C - 0.67°C above the 1991-2020 average for April, and 0.14°C above the previous high set in April 2016.
This April has been the hottest recorded worldwide - and the 11th successive record-breaking month in a row, new figures show. Pictured: people hold umbrellas amid a heatwave in Taiwan on April 29
Surface air temperature for the month was 15.03°C - 0.67°C above the 1991-2020 average for April, and 0.14°C above the previous high set in April 2016
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