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The EU climate monitor has revealed that September 2023 was the hottest on record by an “extraordinary” margin as countries around the world continue to brace the effects of climate change.
With researchers almost certain that 2023 will be the hottest year in human history, September hit a number of other records, with the report calling September “the most anomalous warm month.”
C3S director Carlo Buontempo told AFP that from a climate view, the month was “beyond belief”, with the average surface air temperature of 16.38°, 0.93°C above the 1991-2020 average for the month and 0.5°C above the previous record in 2020.
Meanwhile, Malta’s Met Office has revealed that September was drier, winder and hotter than average, with just 29.6 millimetres of rain compared to the average 59.2mm.
September in Malta also saw a daily average of 8.6 hours of sunshine, with the brightest day clocking in at 11.7 hours of sunshine and the darkest being completely sunless. The Met Office measured 258 hours of sunshine throughout September, which is slightly sunnier than the month’s average.
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