The surface temperature of the world's oceans reached new record levels in the first months of 2024, continuing the trend started in April 2023. As of Agust 6, 2024, the global sea surface temperature reached 21 degrees Celsius, an increase of 0.72 degrees compared to the 1982-2011 average. Overall, 2023 was a year of record temperatures on land and in the sea, with a temperature anomaly of 1.19 degrees with respect to the 20th century average.
Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024
(in degrees Celsius)
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Climate Reanalyzer. (August 8, 2024). Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer. "Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (in degrees Celsius)." Chart. August 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer. (2024). Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (in degrees Celsius). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer. "Daily Global Average Sea Surface Temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in The Years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (in Degrees Celsius)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer, Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (in degrees Celsius) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/ (last visited November 03, 2024)
Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2011 and in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph], Climate Reanalyzer, August 8, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/