The first six months of 2024 have been the warmest on record.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), at its monthly climate briefing on July 18, said the span from Jan. 1 to June 30 set global heat records as the United States logged 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.
Five tornado outbreaks, two winter storms, and two hail storms were included in that list as the global temperature stayed 2.32 degrees above average, and the contiguous United States stayed 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
NOAA Chief of Climate Monitoring and Assessment Russ Vose said that June was the 13th consecutive record-warm month on a global level, recording temperatures 2.20 degrees Fahrenheit above average. It was the second-warmest June in the United States, measuring 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit above average....
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