2025 Confirmed as Joint Second-Warmest Year, Marking Critical Climate Threshold
Data from Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms 2025 as the joint second-warmest year on record, tying with 2023. The year 2024 remains the warmest. A key finding reveals that November 2025 was 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, and the three-year average for 2023-2025 is on track to exceed the critical 1.5°C threshold for the first time.
A Landmark Year in a Fleetly Warming Climate
New data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service( C3S) has verified that 2025 is poised to finish as the common alternate- warmest time on record, statistically tied with 2023. This places both times behind the record- setting heat of 2024, which remains the warmest time in the dataset. The findings are further than a ranking; they punctiate a significant climate corner. The analysis shows the global average temperature from 2023 through 2025 is on track to exceed the critical 1.5 °C threshold above pre- industrial situations for a three- time period for the first time, emphasizing the accelerating pace of climate change.
Monthly Data Reveals Patient Heating
The trend of exceptional warmth was harmonious throughout the time. The C3S report notes that November 2025 was the third- warmest November ever recorded encyclopedically, with an average face air temperature of 14.02 °C.
This was 0.65 °C above the 1991 – 2020 normal for the month. Further critically, November 2025 was 1.54 °C warmer than pre- industrial situations. It was the alternate month of the time, after October, to transgress the emblematic 1.5 °C mark for that month. Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at C3S, emphasized that these are n't abstract numbers but reflect real- world impacts, noting that the month was marked by extreme rainfall events, including disastrous tropical cyclones and flooding in Southeast Asia.
A Clear Line and an Critical Call
The data for the 11- month period from January to November 2025 shows global temperatures were 1.48 °C above the pre- industrial birth. This value is identical to the full- time normal for 2023, leading C3S to state it's "nearly certain" 2025 will finish as either the alternate or third warmest time on record. The patient clustering of record- hot times — 2024, 2025, and 2023 — demonstrates a clear, continued warming trend.
The report serves as a stark scientific memorial. Burgess stated unequivocally that "the only way to alleviate unborn rising temperatures is to fleetly reduce hothouse gas emigrations." The data provides a critical standard as global leaders and diligence assess progress against climate commitments, showing that the earth is moving perilously near to a crucial limit outlined in transnational agreements.
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