the military-industrial complex is showing us exactly what President Dwight Eisenhower tried to warn us about in his farewell speech in 1961. it's NOT America, but it IS largely Americans along with investors from all over the world. "war is big business, regardless of which side you back"
Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street are the major shareholders in all the military companies.
More cherries for them to pick.More scare mongering, unusual weather FFS
A one day heat wave
Highest on record: 43.7°C (15 Dec 1876) I suppose it was unusual weather in 1876 as well
They’re making a big deal of heat to try and get you to justify why you don’t have enough electricity to cool your home as much as you’d like.More scare mongering, unusual weather FFS
A one day heat wave
Highest on record: 43.7°C (15 Dec 1876) I suppose it was unusual weather in 1876 as well
November 2024
The November global surface temperature was 1.34°C (2.41°F) above the 20th-century average of 12.9°C (55.2°F), making it the second-warmest November on record. This was 0.05°C (0.09°F) below last year's record warm month. November 2024 marked the 48th consecutive November (since 1977) with temperatures at least nominally above the 20th-century average.
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It was the second-warmest November for global ocean surface temperatures. These temperatures occurred under ENSO-neutral conditions. According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, weak La Niña conditions are most likely to emerge in November 2024–January 2025 (59% chance), with a transition to ENSO–neutral most likely by March–May 2025 (61% chance).
The Northern Hemisphere had its second-warmest November on record at 1.92°C (3.46°F) above average. The Northern Hemisphere land temperature also was second-warmest for November as was the ocean temperature. These were all slightly cooler than the record warm Northern Hemisphere of November 2023. The Arctic region was 4.23°C (7.61°F) above average, its second-warmest November on record.
November 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere also ranked second warmest on record at 0.76°C (1.37°F) above average. The ocean-only temperature for November in the Southern Hemisphere ranked second highest on record, while the land-only Southern Hemisphere temperature was ninth warmest on record. Meanwhile, the Antarctic region was slightly cooler than average, -0.08°C (-0.14°F) below average, while Antarctic sea ice extent was lowest on record.
November 2024 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in degrees Celsius
November 2024 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Percentiles
A smoothed map of blended land and sea surface temperature anomalies is also available.
Record warm temperatures covered large parts of northwestern Africa and far western Europe, much of southwest Asia eastward through northern China, eastern Mongolia, Korea and Japan. Parts of the western Arctic, eastern Canada, the U.S. Deep South and Mexico also were record warm for November. Elsewhere much-above-average temperatures were widespread across the Arctic and northern areas of Asia, where temperatures more than 6°C (10.8°F) above average occurred. Other much-warmer than average areas included the eastern half of North America, Central America, and much of South America, southern and eastern areas of Australia and much of Asia.
Record-warm temperatures covered approximately 10.6% of the world's surface this November, which was the highest percentage for November since the start of records in 1951, and 0.8% higher than the previous November record of 2023. Record-warmth covered approximately 9.5% of the global land surface, which also was the greatest coverage of record November temperatures in the series.
In contrast to the expansive areas of much-warmer-than-average and record heat, cooler-than-average temperatures covered much of the Antarctic, the southern half of Greenland, the western U.S., parts of western Canada and southern Alaska, central Africa, and parts of southeastern Europe. Record-cold covered approximately 0.4% of global land surfaces in November, slightly less than the 0.5% of 2023.
Across the global oceans, record warm sea surface temperatures covered parts of the tropical Atlantic, the northeastern Indian Ocean, parts of the western Pacific, and the southern Ocean. Record-warm temperatures covered approximately 11.1% of the world's oceans in November, 1.0% greater than in 2023 and the highest percentage for November since the start of records in 1951. There were few areas of record cold on the global oceans in November; near-average to cooler-than-average temperatures occurred in areas that included large parts of the southeastern Pacific and small areas in the northwestern Atlantic, western North Atlantic, southeastern Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.
South America had its second-warmest November, North America its third-warmest November, while Africa hads its eighth-warmest and Europe its 13th-warmest November on record.
November 2024 ranked warmest on record for Asia and tied as second-warmest for Oceania.
- Germany was 0.3°C (0.5°F) warmer than the 1991–2020 average, making it the 34th warmest November since national records began in 1881 and 32nd since 1901.
- Estonia was 2.5°C (4.5°F) warmer than its 1991–2020 average.
- MeteoSwiss reported (English translation) that November was 2.8°C (5.0°F) above the 1991–2020 average for Switzerland.
- The Meteorological Institute of Norway reported (English translation) that November was 1.0°C (1.8°F) above the 1991–2020 average, making it Norway's 29th warmest November since national records began in 1901.
- In the United Kingdom the provisional average mean temperature for November was 6.6°C (43.9°F), 0.1°C (0.2°F) above the 1991–2020 average. It was the 37th warmest November in the 141-year series.
- The contiguous U.S. had its sixth-warmest November in the 130-year record, 2.0°C (3.6°F) above the 1991-2020 average.
- The Caribbean Islands region had its second-warmest November on record, 1.30°C (2.34°F) above average; 0.02°C (0.04°F) less than the record warm November of 2023.
- The Gulf of Mexico was warmest on record for November, 1.64°C (2.95°F) above average; 0.30°C (0.54°F) greater than the previous record set in 1944.
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department reported that Pakistan had its warmest November on record, 2.89°C (5.20°F) above the 1991–2020 average. This exceeded the previous record-warm November of 2011.
- According to the India Meteorological Department, India had its third-warmest November in the 124-year national record, 0.84°C (1.51°F) above average. Northwest India had its warmest November on record, 1.37°C (2.47°F) above average.
- Japan had its seventh-warmest November since statistics began in 1898, 1.19°C (2.14°F) above the 1991–2020 average.
- In Hong Kong, November 2024 was 0.8°C (1.4°F) above average, tied as the ninth-warmest November on record.
- According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia had its fifth-warmest November since national records began in 1910, 1.83°C (3.29°F) above the 1961–1990 average. Its mean minimum temperature for November was the second-warmest on record, 2.07°C (3.73°F) above average.
- According to New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, November 2024 was the 13th-warmest November for New Zealand (since national records began in 1909), 1.0°C (1.8°F) above the 1991–2020 average.
So far we have had 1 day of 40C in South Australia same as last year where we normally have a week over 40C a couple of times a year.
