The Hydrometeorological Center called 2024 the warmest year for the period of instrumental observations

Last year, 2024 was the warmest for the period of instrumental observations since 1850. This was stated by Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, during a press conference in Izvestia on January 16.

"Now we can already say with absolute certainty that the past year was the warmest in the history of instrumental observations. And it is very interesting that it was the second consecutive warmest," he said.

The expert also noted that 2023 was a record year. Thus, this fact is interesting to climatologists, but is alarming. The average annual temperature across the planet reached 15.1 degrees. At the same time, on July 22, the average daily temperature on Earth was +17.16 degrees Celsius. The day became the hottest in the history of observations.

In Moscow, the average annual temperature amounted to +8 degrees Celsius. September was especially hot, the speaker specified. At the same time in February was distinguished by a high level of snow cover - more than 60 cm.

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