The planet's average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius on Thursday, surpassing the 17.18C record set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday.

The planet’s average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius on Thursday, surpassing the 17.18C record set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday.

    • chowder@lemmy.oneEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I have the windows open right now and yesterday I wore a sweatshirt. Its usually 110+ right now.

      • TheSaneWriter@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Yes. The average temperature of the globe is higher, but global warming is not applied evenly and the chaos caused to global weather currents does actually cause some regions to get colder.

      • ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        It’s more that climate is the long-term average, while weather is the variation around the average. So while there is an trend in the average temperature, the variation means that there will still be hotter and cooler periods.