DIYDIY Do It Yourself Global temperature series
1948-2023
Not content with having the warmest July on record, 2023 has now produced the warmest August on record too. Although it’s not quite as warm a month as July was, it easily beat the August of 2016 into second place. The years 2016 and 2023 are neck and neck at the moment for the warmest year on record, but I think there can be little doubt that 2023 could end up being the warmest year even though there are still four months to go.😮
Of course global temperatures could slump in the next four month. At the moment in my DIY series, the global mean daily temperature for the 1st of September 2016 has just overtaken that of the 1st of September 2023 (see graph below) so it’s still going to be a close run thing.
I’ve based this story on reanalysis data that I use in my DIY Global temperature series. It tracks the other series quite faithfully and I have no doubt that in the coming week Copernicus will confirm what I’m guessing at. Well it’s all a bit of a guess anyway.