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On 12 December, the Met Office published its global temperature outlook for 2025. The outlook suggests that 2025 is likely to be one of the three warmest years for global average temperature, falling in line just behind 2024 and 2023.
 The average global temperature for 2025 is forecast to be between 1.29 °C and 1.53 °C (with a central estimate of 1.41 °C) above the average for the pre-industrial period (1850-1900). This would make 2024 the twelfth year in succession that temperatures will have reached at least 1.0 °C above pre-industrial levels.
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Climate 2024 Update, 2024 is expected to be the warmest year on record globally, 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.
The Met Office’s Dr Nick Dunstone, who led production of the forecast, said:
“A year ago our forecast for 2024 highlighted the first chance of exceeding 1.5 °C. Although this appears to have happened, it’s important to recognise that a temporary exceedance of 1.5 °C doesn’t mean a breach of the Paris Agreement. But the first year above 1.5 °C is certainly a sobering milestone in climate history.”
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