October 2019 was the hottest October ever on the globe, the European space program Copernicus said today, adding that this is the fifth month in a row that has reached or is close to record values.
This year, October is warmer by 0.69 degrees Celsius than the average October temperature in 1981-2010.
It slightly exceeds (0.01 degree) October 2015, but is 1.2 degrees above temperature in humanity's pre-industrial era.
"This is the fifth month in a row that it has broken or very close to the record," said Copernicus, a program that monitors climate change.
June 2019 was arguably the hottest June ever, and July is declared the absolute warmest month in the history of temperature measurement. August 2019 is the second warmest August in the artery, and September is the first.
The last four years have been the warmest ever recorded on the planet. In August, the World Meteorological Organization had already ranked 2019 among the top five hottest years, in line with climate change impacts, scientists warn.
