Very high temperatures in Tropics

The above image shows that on May 24, 2024, the temperature was 26.7°C (or 80.06°F), an anomaly of 1°C (or 1.8°F) compared to 1979-2000. 

The image below shows the average monthly temperature anomaly over the past few years through April 2024, when the anomaly was 1.327°C (or 2.389°F) compared to 1951-1980.  

The image below has a focus on Asia, showing the extremely high temperatures recorded in India and Pakistan on May 30, 2024. 

The image below shows maximum temperatures around the world on May 31, 2024. 

Surface precipitable water reached a record high of 27.139 kg/m² in July 2023. Worryingly, data for the first four months of 2024 are a lot higher than they were in 2023 at the same time of year, as illustrated by the image below, adapted from NOAA. This raises fears that surface precipitable water will reach an even higher peak in 2024 than was reached in 2023. 

Climate Emergency Declaration

The situation is dire and the precautionary principle calls for rapid, comprehensive and effective action to reduce the damage and to improve the situation, as described in this 2022 post, where needed in combination with a Climate Emergency Declaration, as discussed at this group.

Links

• Climate Reanalyzer

https://climatereanalyzer.org

• NOAA – Physical Sciences Laboratory
https://psl.noaa.gov

• Pre-industrial

https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/pre-industrial.html

• Temperature rise may soon accelerate even more
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/05/temperature-rise-may-soon-accelerate-even-more.html

• Atlantic ocean heat threatens to unleash methane eruptions
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/atlantic-ocean-heat-threatens-to-unleash-methane-eruptions.html

• Extinction
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/extinction.html

• Climate Plan
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/climateplan.html

• Transforming Society
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/10/transforming-society.html

• Climate Emergency Declaration
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/climate-emergency-declaration.html

Posts discussing Temperatures in the Tropics in 2024 at facebook are at:

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10169104508720161 (update 6: May 11, 2024)

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10169053955465161 (update 5: Apr 24, 2024)

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10169050918525161 (update 4: Apr 23, 2024)

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10169042787710161 (update 3: Apr 20, 2024)

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10168930859815161 (update 2: Mar 12, 2024)

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10168929028460161 (update 1: Mar 11, 2024)

https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10168860099940161 (update: Feb 14, 2024)
https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10168858418170161 (Feb 13, 2024)
https://www.facebook.com/SamCarana/posts/10168795048860161 (Jan 22, 2024)