The past year of 2023 was the warmest ever measured both globally, regionally and locally, the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute announced.
Globally, there were five warmest months in a row – June, July, August, September and October, which were the warmest ever recorded.
“On our territory, this year was marked by floods in January and May, a large amount of precipitation in one day, unstable weather and supercell storms, frequent stormy winds and numerous temperature records, and in some parts of the country there was even a drought,” the statement said.
And in Banja Luka, last year was the warmest since measurements were taken, although the summer in this city was nowhere near the warmest, the warmest winter and autumn months contributed to the warmest year.
January was significantly warmer than average, September the second warmest September since measurements were taken, and October and December the warmest since measurements were taken.
Compared to the 1991-2020 average, last year was 1.7 degrees Celsius warmer, and compared to the 1961-1990 average, which is used as a reference period for monitoring climate change, by more than three degrees Celsius.
Every 30-year period is getting warmer, and all 10 warmest years so far are those after 2000.
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