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2023 warmest on record,
temperatures 1.48°C above preindustrial level
Down to Earth
Rohini Krishnamurthy
5 January 2024
The year 2023 is the warmest year on record by a “huge margin,” with global temperatures reaching 1.48 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, according to data from Copernicus, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s space programme.