2026 to be one of four warmest years on record: UN weather agency
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The year 2026 is on track to be one of the four warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report published on Monday.
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The other three years were 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The report said that the global average temperature between January and September was about 1.47 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.
Pre-industrial levels refer to global atmospheric conditions before the widespread impact of industrialisation, which included burning coal, oil and gas and other such activities.
It added that this global average temperature figure was higher than the full-year averages in 2025 and 2023, and only “somewhat lower” than 2024, which is the warmest year on record.
The report attributed this to La Niña conditions at the start of the year that had a temporary cooling effect.
La Niña typically brings a temporary drop in global average temperatures of around 0.1 degrees Celsius to 0.2 degrees Celsius, depending on the strength of the event.
However, this cooling effect was reversed by the development of El Niño conditions by June, which increased in intensity by late August because of which average temperature anomalies globally rose.
During the southwest monsoon season this year, several parts of India faced a deficit in rainfall because of the effects of El Niño, which is a phenomenon that involves...