The average temperature last month was 1.52C above the preindustrial average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, known as C3S. The average global temperature for the 12-month period to the end of May was 1.63C (2.9F) above the pre-industrial average – making it the warmest such period since record-keeping began in 1940, the service added.
“It is shocking but not surprising that we have reached this 12month streak,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of C3S, which is backed by the European Union. “While this sequence of recordbreaking months will eventually be interrupted, the overall signature of climate change remains and there is no sign in sight of a change in such a trend.”
This 12-month average does not mean that the world has yet surpassed the 1.5C (2.7F) global warming threshold, which describes a temperature average over decades, beyond which scientists warn of more extreme and irreversible impacts.
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