As per a report from Climate Central, the planet ran nearly 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit above average from November 2022 through October 2023

As per a report by Climate Central, the global average temperature rose nearly 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit from November 2022 to October 2023. The impact of climate change was evident, with 90 per cent of the global population and 49 per cent in the United States experiencing at least ten days of temperatures strongly influenced by climate change. Besides heatwaves, the world faced costly and deadly wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather events, CBS News highlights.

While the period from November 2022 to October 2023 was relatively warm but not extreme for the Twin Cities (1.4°F above average), Minnesota (1.3°F above average), and the U.S. as a whole (1.1°F above average), the Gulf Coast, including Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Florida, ranked as the hottest region in the U.S.

The Climate Central report indicates that only two countries globally, Lesotho and Iceland, recorded temperatures below average. Europe and North Africa stood out as the hottest international spots, with some countries experiencing temperatures more than 3°F above average.

Weather attribution analysis reveals that during this 12-month period, 5.7 billion people worldwide were exposed to at least 30 days of above-average temperatures, made at least three times more likely by the influence of climate change, according to Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index. This exposure affected nearly every resident in countries such as Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Italy, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, and all Caribbean and Central American nations.

In India, 86 per cent of the population, or 1.2 billion residents, experienced Climate Shift Index level-three temperatures on 30 or more days. In China, this figure was 35 per cent of the population, with 513 million residents, while in the United States, 26 per cent of the population, or 88 million people, faced at least 30 days of temperatures made at least three times more likely by climate change.

(Inputs from ANI)