Earth's global average surface temperature is approximately 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius). But it's on the rise.

The only way for 2024 to not be the warmest year on Earth, scientists said, is if the average temperature anomaly dropped to almost zero for the remainder of the year — which is highly unlikely.

Earth's average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen series of climate-change-driven extremes.

2024 on track to become Earth's warmest year on record despite slight global temperature drop: Copernicus The last time Earth recorded a cooler-than-average year was in 1976.

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The Earth crossed a key warming threshold in 2023, with one-third of the days so far having an average temperature at least 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than preindustrial levels.

The global threshold goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius is for long-term temperature averages, not a single month or year. But scientists still expressed grave concern at the records being set.

Scientists say the average temperature on Earth was 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit on July 4, the highest since at least 1979 and a sign of the worsening climate crisis.

European Climate Service Copernicus recorded the hottest day ever globally, as countries around the world and here in Nevada continue to feel the heat.

Earth’s average temperature remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes.

Before the 2023 record, the previous hottest day on Earth was set on Aug. 13, 2016, when the global average temperature hit 16.80 degrees Celsius — or about 62.24 degrees Fahrenheit.