2025 outlook: in top three warmest years on record

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13 December 2024

The Met Office outlook for 2025 suggests that it is likely to be one of the three warmest years for global average temperature, falling in line just behind 2024 and 2023.

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Graph of global average surface temperature from 2000 to 2025 showing a rising trend, with 2023 as the warmest year on record and 2025 midpoint forecast at 1.41°C.
UK Met Office

2024 is expected to be the warmest year on record, now almost certain to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. This follows on from the record-breaking 1.45°C in 2023, the previous warmest year on record.

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