February 2024 is the warmest February on record
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) recently released its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, which highlights the fact that February 2024 was the warmest February on record globally. With an average surface air temperature of 13.54°C, the month surpassed the previous record set in 2016 by 0.12°C. This marks the ninth consecutive month of record warmth. The global-average temperature for the past twelve months also reached historic highs, standing 0.68°C above the 1991-2020 average and 1.56°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. European temperatures were exceptionally high, with temperatures in central and eastern Europe 3.30°C above the February average.
This data visualisation, based on C3S data, shows the surface air temperature anomaly for February 2024 across the European Continent. More information is available here.
