Taiwanese meteorologist Jia Xinxing stated that according to data from the European Union-funded climate monitoring agency, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, April of this year was the hottest on record, with global temperatures setting a record high for the 11th consecutive month.
Jia Xinxing posted on Facebook that data from Copernicus showed that in April 2024, the average global temperature was the hottest on record for April, exceeding the climatic value (1990-2020) by 0.67°C; compared to the pre-industrial period (1850-1900), it was 1.58°C higher. Since June 2023, it has been setting a record for the 11th consecutive month, with the previous record streak of 15 months occurring in 2015/2016.
On the 8th, Copernicus announced that the world had experienced the hottest April on record, setting a new high for the 11th consecutive month in monthly average temperature records.
According to CNA, Jia Xinxing said that the global average temperature for April this year was 15.03 degrees Celsius. Currently, the short-term (monthly) average temperatures are approaching or exceeding 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial level. The global target by the end of the century is to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. Although April is just one month in a century-long average, if high temperatures continue to break records every month, it will be almost impossible to keep the warming below 1.5 degrees.
Jia Xinxing mentioned that the Ministry of Environment and the National Science Council of the Republic of China recently publicly presented the National Climate Change Science Report, simulating various scenarios warning about the implications if the global warming exceeds 2 degrees by the end of the century. He also called for urgent action on carbon reduction and temperature control.