The U.S. saw record-high summer temperatures in 2024, making it the hottest summer ever recorded

Question

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that the summer of 2024 was the hottest since global record-keeping began in 1850. Average global temperatures broke the previous record by a significant margin, driven largely by long term climate change trends and intensified heat waves across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia. NOAA’s published data is considered reliable and is widely used by environmental researchers and meteorologists.

Answer 1

According to my reserch this claim is correct. The summer of 2024 was the hottest summer for the US since data started being collected in 1880. Per NASA’s website: "June, July, and August 2024 combined were about 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit (about 0.1 degrees Celsius) warmer globally than any other summer in NASA’s record.” 

Source:

https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-finds-summer-2024-hottest-to-date/

Answer 2

Summary of Findings

NASA published an article with the headline, "NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date". The article claims that August 2024 set a monthly temperature record, "capping Earth's hottest summer since global records began in 1880." The article addresses potentials for research and record-keeping errors at length, stating that the researchers "provided a rigorous accounting of statistical uncertainty within the GISTEMP record." NASA's position as an independent government agency lends extensive credibility to its claims on their own, but this research has also been confirmed by the World Metrological Organization

Sources and Evidence

https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-finds-summer-2024-hottest-to-date/

Original Source

https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level

The World Meteorological Association confirms that 2024 was the warmest year on record in this report, and states that its data comes from NASA as well as the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Japan Meteorological Agency, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Berkely Earth.