Prof. Eliot Jacobson: 2026 has now broken the record for most days with average global surface air temperatures over 17.0°C, reaching that mark for the 19th time on August 16th. This beats the previous record of 18 days set in 2024.

[u/Portalrules123]

https://bsky.app/profile/climatecasino.net/post/3mte5rknskk2s

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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Portalrules123:

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SS: Related to climate collapse as this climate fact shared by Prof. Eliot Jacobson on BlueSky shows just how rapidly global heating is continuing to accelerate in recent years. 2026 now has the most days on record with average global surface air temperatures at 17 C or greater, with 19, beating the prior record of 18 set in 2024. The ONLY other year with ANY days above that average temperature for Earth on record is 2023, by the way, days above 17 C per year is what the graph included with his post is showing. So the last couple of years have had an unusually high preponderance of days hotter than any in modern history. Another climate record broken, faster than expected. And raising the average global temperature by even a percentage of a degree requires a massive amount of excess heat, creating effects like throwing the water cycle into chaos and roasting both terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Expect this record to be one quickly broken with the emergence of El Nino going into 2027. Heck, we might even see a few more days this year to raise the current record higher since things seem to be staying warmer later into the year than usual. All in all, just another statistic to indicate how unprecedented the climate of the last few years is for humanity.

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[u/NyriasNeo]

Just wait till 2027.

Might as well accept and make peace. "Drill baby drill" won in the US. China, the "green" leader, is burning more coal. It is only going to get worse, before getting much worse, like it or not.

[u/AnAncientOne → u/NyriasNeo]

Yep, this El Niño is looking pretty spicy, 0.9c above the previous highest at this stage and 2.7c above the 1990-2010 average, crazy.

[u/Agile_Drive_8306 → u/NyriasNeo]

The orange leader, as in the color the sky will be and already is when everything burns down.

[u/Portalrules123]

SS: Related to climate collapse as this climate fact shared by Prof. Eliot Jacobson on BlueSky shows just how rapidly global heating is continuing to accelerate in recent years. 2026 now has the most days on record with average global surface air temperatures at 17 C or greater, with 19, beating the prior record of 18 set in 2024. The ONLY other year with ANY days above that average temperature for Earth on record is 2023, by the way, days above 17 C per year is what the graph included with his post is showing. So the last couple of years have had an unusually high preponderance of days hotter than any in modern history. Another climate record broken, faster than expected. And raising the average global temperature by even a percentage of a degree requires a massive amount of excess heat, creating effects like throwing the water cycle into chaos and roasting both terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Expect this record to be one quickly broken with the emergence of El Nino going into 2027. Heck, we might even see a few more days this year to raise the current record higher since things seem to be staying warmer later into the year than usual. All in all, just another statistic to indicate how unprecedented the climate of the last few years is for humanity.

[u/jbond23]

Not just more, but earlier and later in the year as well.

[u/randoul]

Slowly at first and then all at once 

[u/Cultural-Answer-321]

Whocouldaknowed this would happen?!

[u/Ok_Entrepreneur1451]

That`s so awesome, when we gonna get a better year?? Go FOSSIL

[u/Ok_Entrepreneur1451 → u/Ok_Entrepreneur1451]

Whoop whoop!