WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial level

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 is the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets. The past ten years have all been in the Top Ten, in an extraordinary streak of record-breaking temperatures. 

Key messages

• The past ten years 2015-2024 are the ten warmest years on record
• We have likely seen the first calendar year with a global mean temperature of more than 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average
• Six international datasets are used to reach the consolidated WMO global figure
• 2024 saw exceptional land and sea surface temperatures and ocean heat
• Long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement not yet dead but in grave danger