means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.People relax at the Holzmarkt complex on the bank of the Spree River during unseasonably warm weather on April 07, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. Temperatures broke record highs over the weekend in some parts of the country. Overall, April 2024 was Europe's second-warmest April on record.
April was also the 11th month in a row of record-warmth for the world, according to scientists and data fromThe average global temperature in April was 2.38 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 56.7 degrees F , making it the warmest April in the global climate record. April 2024 also marked the 11th-consecutive month of record-high global temperatures.
Regionally, South America had its warmest April on record, and Europe had its second warmest. Meanwhile, much of Australia, Scandinavia and northwest Russia were cooler than average.The YTD global temperature ranked as the warmest such period on record at 2.41 degrees F above the 20th-century average. , there is a 61% chance that 2024 will rank as the warmest year on record and a 100% chance that it will rank in the top five of warmest years recorded.
An annotated map of the world plotted with the most significant climate events of April 2024. See the story below as well as the report summary from NOAA NCEI at : Globally, April 2024 saw the 10th-smallest April sea ice extent in the 46-year record. Arctic sea ice extent was 80,000 square miles below average, while Antarctic sea ice came in at 290,000 square miles below average.: Two named storms formed in April, which was below the 1991–2020 average of four.