The year 2024 was the world's warmest on record globally, and the first calendar year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial levels.

Source: Building damage provided by Masae Analytics change detection analysis based on Copernicus Sentinel-1 data from Oct. 12, 13 and 17, 2023.

Copernicus Copernicus presented a global map ... NASA and NOAA's releases included similar graphics. It has been 48 years since Earth's last "colder-than-average" year, per NOAA.