Related:<p><i>Monday was hottest day on earth</i> (4 points, 4 days ago, 3 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066867">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066867</a><p><i>Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth</i> (13 points, 6 days ago, 4 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41052729">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41052729</a><p><i>Hottest 12 months in recorded history (2024)</i> (275 points, 5 months ago, 406 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39498345">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39498345</a><p><i>Hottest 3-months on record (2023)</i> (383 points, 11 months ago, 540 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37455534">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37455534</a><p><i>July (2021) hottest month on record</i> (408 points, 3 years ago, 555 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28171964">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28171964</a>
2023 and 2024 have been massive outliers for climate data. If this is the new norm then it pretty much solidifies that even the most extremist predictions about climate change were too optimistic. We will reach runaway greenhouse within a century if we continue seeing temperature raises this quickly year-over-year.