It was clearly noticeable in this country: October was indeed exceptionally hot.
Just how hot is demonstrated by the latest assessments from the Copernicus climate change service, which – on behalf of the European Commission, among others – provides monthly climate data on global average temperatures on land, in the air and in the seas.
October 2023 was the hottest October on record
This currently shows: October 2023 was the warmest October since records began – with an average surface temperature of 15.30 degrees Celsius, which is 0.85 degrees Celsius above the October average from 1991 to 2020. And 0 .40 degrees Celsius above the hottest October to date: in 2019.
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The month was also 1.7 degrees Celsius warmer than the estimated October average for the period between 1850 and 1900, the so-called pre-industrial reference period.
For the calendar year to date, the global average temperature is actually the highest since records began: it is more than one degree Celsius above the pre-industrial average and 0.10 degrees Celsius higher than the ten-month average. 2016, which is currently the hottest. calendar year since records began.