"For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven;..." Malachi 4:1 (the last book, chapter and verses of the Old Testament). And this is quite literal indeed and globally yes! The starting temperature of an oven, setting listed as 'warm', is 150 degrees. We are there. Hawkeye.
The last 10 years including 2024 (this year will be in the top 10) have been the hottest ever recorded in 174 years! Summer and Autumn 2023 were the hottest ever recorded in 174 years, this year will almost certainly follow—Each of the last 14 months has been individually their hottest month ever recorded.
Tipping Point Long Gone!
The three hottest days ever recorded on the planet happened on the 3rd 4th and 5th of July last year, and then, it happened again, this time four days running last month (almost a year to the day) . . .
Let me put this into some kind of perspective, in just 15 years, 1 degree C, or 1.8 degrees F will probably be added to the average temp every year! It's clearly undeniable, that if the warming continues as it has done in the last 15 years temperatures of 65 deg C (149 F) or even higher will be quite possible.
Unlivable
These temperatures are quite frankly unlivable, not just for us but all wildlife, including fish, plants, trees and more important agriculture. Our whole ecosystem will have collapsed long before we reach these temperatures, what I'm saying, is, quite simply, we are very quickly arriving (if we are not there already) at an ecological Armageddon.
Now then, here is the caveat for anyone reading this post, you do not have to be 'religious' to understand the warning here! We are quite literally 'shafted—It's unstoppable, in my humble opinion. There are many global warming/climate change sceptics out there, however, they are the ones with tons of money invested in secrecy.
Over the years, I have noted that Holland is getting hotter, not just in the summer but also in winter. Below are my honest views on a tricky subject. Temperatures here in many parts of Europe, especially the south regularly exceed 40 deg F, (104F). For countries further north such as Belgium, Holland, Germany etc, 40 degrees C is extreme, however, these temps have become more common recently. Our infrastructure is not built for such temperatures, and most of us don't have airco.
In the UK, where I was born, I am used to cool, wet summers, so when I arrived here in Holland in 1995 I was pleasantly surprised by the long summers and wonderful sunshine. But even so, back then, if the mercury reached anything close to 30 degrees C (86F) it was considered quite special and didn't happen very often.
Ten years later, however, the highs were commonly hitting 35 degrees C (95F). In the two-thousand-teens, the high 30s were becoming much more frequent, then in the summer of 2019 the 40 deg C (104 deg F) ceiling was smashed when a record-breaking temperature of 41.4 deg C, (106 deg F) hit Holland, breaking the previous record which was set just the day before at 39.8 deg C. (104 deg F).
These temps, or at least, the high 30s are not considered special anymore. This summer Southern Europe has been unlivable for large parts of the summer, with temperatures hitting the high 40s C or 115+ F in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece with all these places suffering incredible wildfires. Who will want to live here in years to come?
To make matters worse, the surface of the Mediterranean Sea alarmingly reached its highest recorded temperature, it was made public on Friday. According to the Spanish Maritime Institute, the daily median temperature of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, August 15th was 28.9 degrees Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit). The record-breaking temperature has not come as a surprise to those following recent meteorological and climatological data. Due to a prolonged marine heatwave that has persisted in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, there has been one record-breaking temperature after the other. A shocking 4°C to 5°C above the 1991 to 2020 average has been recorded across half of the surface of one of the world’s most well-known seas.
The report comes just a week after NOAA released its latest global monthly weather report claiming Earth just had its warmest July on record
and more importantly, was the globe’s 14th month in a row of record warmth. NOAA's report goes on:
The affected area is not concentrated in one place, as it actually extends from the eastern to the western basins, covering nearly the entirety of the sea’s length. It has to be noted that, in July 2023, the surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea broke yet another record. The temperature was at 28.71 degrees Celsius (83.69 degrees Fahrenheit.) The devastating forest fires that broke out near Athens at the beginning of this week and burned huge areas of the northeastern suburbs of the capital are not unrelated to the general situation in the Mediterranean Sea.
Last month was Earth’s warmest July on record, extending the streak of record-high monthly global temperatures to 14 successive months. The world’s sea-surface temperatures in July were the second-warmest on record, ending a run of 15 consecutive, record-setting months, according to data and scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Climate by the numbers July 2024
The average July global surface temperature was 2.18 degrees F (1.21 degrees C) above the 20th-century average of 60.4 degrees F (15.8 degrees C), ranking as the warmest July in NOAA’s 175-year global record.
July 2024 was also the 14th-consecutive month of record-high temperatures for the planet. Last month’s temperatures were above average across much of the global land surface except for Alaska, southern South America, eastern Russia, Australia and western Antarctica. Africa, Asia and Europe had their warmest Julys on record, while North America saw its second-warmest July.
The global ocean temperature was the second warmest on record, ending a streak of 15 consecutive months of record-high temperatures. Sea-surface temperatures were above average over most areas, while parts of the tropical eastern Pacific and southeastern Pacific were below average.
Year to date
The year-to-date (YTD January–July) global surface temperature was 2.30 degrees F (1.28 degrees C) above the 20th-century average, making it the warmest YTD on record. Africia, Europe and South America each experienced their warmest YTD temperatures. According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook, there is a 77% chance that 2024 will rank as the warmest year on record and nearly a 100% chance it will rank in the top five.
Other notable climate events Global sea-ice coverage was below average:
July had the second smallest sea ice coverage in the 46-year record at 8.49 million square miles, which was 1.09 million square miles below the 1991–2020 average. Arctic sea ice coverage was below average (by 330,000 square miles), and Antarctic sea ice extent was below average (by 760,000 square miles).
July tropical activity was below average:
Seven named storms developed across the globe in July, which was below the 1991–2020 average. The Atlantic basin had two, including Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record; the East Pacific had three and the West Pacific, two.
Major quakes low:
Just 9 major quakes were recorded in July with the biggest being, the magnitude 7.4 - 44 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. The ave number of major quakes (mag 6 or higher) per month this century is 13 with the average yearly number being 157—So far this year with four and a half months left just 66 have been recorded.
Volcano Activity . . .
Record-Breaking Space Weather . . .
On July the 29th an X-Class Flare was recorded, equalling the record-breaking number of X-Class Flares reported in one year this century. 34 which happened in 2001. In August 2024 broke the original record with 3 more X-Class Flares.
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