The warm start to 2023 continued with last month ranking as the world’s fourth-warmest February in 174 years.
Last month also wrapped up a very warm December–February season for the planet as global sea ice set a record low for February, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Here’s more from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the Numbers
February 2023 | Season (December 2022 – February 2023)
The February global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.75 degrees F (0.97 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 53.9 degrees F (12.1 degrees C), ranking as the fourth-warmest February in the global climate record.
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