The year 2024 is set to be the warmest on record and the first with an average temperature above 1.5 degrees Celsius, European climate agency Copernicus said on Monday.Also, November 2024 became the second-warmest (after November 2023) with an average surface air temperature of 14.10 degrees Celsius — 0.73 degrees Celsius above the 1991–2020 average for the month.
The month marked another milestone in global warming, recording a temperature 1.62 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
It also became the 16th month in the past 17 months where global temperatures exceeded the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold above pre-industrial levels, the agency said.
According to the India Meteorological Department, India experienced the second warmest November since 1901, with the average maximum temperature clocking 29.37 degrees Celsius — 0.62 degree above normal.