After a break from being the warmest month on record in July, the ERA5ERA ERA stands for 'ECMWF Re-Analysis' and refers to a series of research projects at ECMWF which produced various datasets (ERA-Interim, ERA-40, etcetera). series is back on track. This months anomaly of +0.712°C was again the warmest on record, but just a smidgeon (0.002°C) warmer than that of August 2023 (0.71°C).
It may be another record month, but the 12 month moving average has flattened out now, after sharply rising since mid 2022. As you would expect 2023 and 2024 are also neck and neck as the highest daily anomaly on record too. It looks to me that the global temperatures we’ve experienced over the last 18 months could become the new norm despite an imminent La NinaLa Niña La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern. The name La Niña originates from Spanish for "the girl", by analogy to El Niño, meaning "the boy". In the past, it was also called an anti-El Niño[1] and El Viejo, meaning "the old man.".
