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GLOBAL TEMPERATURE 2024



Preliminary data, embargoed until 0300 GMT Friday 10 January

The 2024 data values mentioned in the text and shown in the graphs/maps are still preliminary and subject to minor changes. Finalised data will be provided later in January.

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Click each of the tabs below to see elements of the Climatic Research Unit (UEA) report on the global temperature during 2024.


Global temperature in 2024

Key messages:


References

The main reference for the HadCRUT5 dataset is:

Morice, C.P., Kennedy, J.J., Rayner, N.A., Winn, J.P., Hogan, E., Killick, R.E., Dunn, R.J.H., Osborn, T.J., Jones, P.D., and Simpson, I.R., 2021: An updated assessment of near-surface temperature change from 1850: the HadCRUT5 dataset. Journal of Geophysical Research 126, e2019JD032361 (https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032361).


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Updated: Jan 2025