Copernicus service says global temperature records have been “obliterated” since the start of the year
Ten months in, with temperature records falling as heat rises, the year is near-certain to be the hottest on record, according the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation system.
October 2023 was the warmest recorded October globally and the fourth warmest in Europe, while the entirety of 2023 is so far 0.10 degrees Celsius warmer than the hottest year previously recorded, 2016.