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May was world’s second-warmest on record, EU scientists say
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- The hottest May on record was in 2024, in records going back to 1940.
- The average global temperature last month was 1.42 degrees Celsius above the average in 19th-century pre-industrial times.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. The world has just experienced the second-hottest May since records began, as climate change and the developing El Niño weather pattern conspired to push up average land and sea temperatures, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Wednesday.
The hottest May on record was in 2024, in records going back to 1940.
The average global temperature last month was 1.42 degrees Celsius above the average in 19th-century pre-industrial times.
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