2024 on Track to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded as Global Average Temperature Rises Above 1.5°C for 12 Consecutive Months
A highway billboard displays a temperature of 106°F in Phoenix, Arizona on June 5, 2024. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The global average temperature for the period June 2023 to May 2024 — 12 consecutive months — was 1.63 degrees Celsius above the pre …