2024 Very Hot and Dry Year
2025-05-29 (IPMA)
The Annual Climatological Bulletin for the year 2024 in mainland Portugal was updated and is now available in it´s full version.
Globe:
- 2024 was the warmest year since 1850, considering global average temperature data, making it the first year with an average temperature of more than 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels - a threshold set by the Paris Agreement to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change;
- The last ten years have been the hottest on record.
Europe:
- 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded in Europe, with an average temperature of 10,69°C; +0,28°C higher than the previous hottest year, 2020.
Mainland Portugal:
- 2024 was a very hot and dry year, the 4th hottest since 1931, with an average air temperature of 16,49°C;
- 64 new maximum temperature extremes and 177 new minimum temperature extremes;
- 8 heat waves;
- Total rainfall for the year was the 14th lowest since 2000;
- Persistent weak to moderate meteorological drought between May and September and December.
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Figure 1: Average air temperature and precipitation in mainland Portugal between 1941 and 2024
