February 2024 was the hottest February on record for the world, which makes it the ninth month in a row to be the hottest on record, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced Tuesday.With a global average surface air temperature of 56.37 degrees Fahrenheit , February was 0.21 degrees F warmer than the previous record of February 2016.
This year not only marked the warmest February on record for sea surface temperatures, but it was also the warmest month ever for sea surface temperatures. At 69.90 degrees F, this February beat out the prior record month, August 2023, by 0.14 degrees F.WHAT RECORD-SETTING OCEAN TEMPS MEAN FOR SEA LIFE AND 2024 HURRICANE SEASONAt the end of the month, Copernicus found a new absolute daily high of sea surface temperature of 69.96 degrees F.