{"id":176354,"date":"2023-06-14T10:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=176354"},"modified":"2023-06-14T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:02:53","slug":"earth-saw-its-3rd-warmest-may-in-174-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/earth-saw-its-3rd-warmest-may-in-174-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth saw its 3rd-warmest May in 174 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOURCE: NOAA –<\/strong> It was another warm month for the globe, with May 2023 ranking as the world\u2019s third-warmest May on record.<\/p>

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Earth\u2019s ocean surface temperatures also set a record high for the second month in a row, according to scientists from NOAA\u2019s\u00a0National Centers for Environmental Information.<\/p>\n

Climate by the numbers<\/strong><\/p>

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May 2023<\/strong><\/p>

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The average global May temperature was 1.75 degrees F (0.97 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 58.6 degrees F (14.8 degrees C), ranking as the third-warmest May in 174 years.<\/p>\n

May 2023 marked the 47th consecutive May and the 531st consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average.<\/p>

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Looking at continents, both North America and South America had their warmest Mays on record, while Africa, Asia and Europe each had their top-20 warmest Mays. Antarctica had a cooler-than-average May.<\/p>\n

For a second month in a row, global ocean surface temperatures set a record high.<\/p>

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Weak El Nino conditions emerged as above-average sea surface temperatures strengthened across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, prompting NOAA\u2019s Climate Prediction Center to announce the arrival of El Nino conditions.<\/p>

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Season | Year to date\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The March\u2013May period \u2014 defined as the Northern Hemisphere’s meteorological spring and the Southern Hemisphere’s meteorological autumn \u2014 was also remarkably warm.<\/p>\n

The Northern Hemisphere\u2019s spring was the third warmest on record at 2.32 degrees F (1.29 degrees C) above average.<\/p>\n

The Southern Hemisphere\u2019s autumn ranked second warmest on record at 1.49 degrees F (0.83 of a degree C) above average.<\/p>\n

The year-to-date (January through May 2023) global surface temperature ranked as the fourth-warmest such period on record, 1.82 degrees F (1.01 degrees C) above the 1901-2000 average of 55.5 degrees F (13.1 degrees C).<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0NCEI\u2019s Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook, there is a virtually certain chance (greater than 99.0%) that 2023 will rank among the 10-warmest years on record, and about an 89% chance it will rank among the top five.<\/p>\n

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A map of the world plotted with some of the most significant climate events that occurred during May 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/figure>\n

Other notable climate events in the report<\/strong><\/p>\n