The surface temperature of the world's oceans reached new record levels in the first months of 2024, continuing the trend started in April 2023. As of August 6, 2024, the global sea surface temperature reached 20.98 degrees Celsius, an increase of 0.76 degrees compared to the 1982-2010 average. Overall, 2024 was a year of record temperatures on land and in the sea, with a temperature anomaly of 1.29 degrees with respect to the 20th century average. As of May 2025, temperatures this year remain lower than 2024 temperatures.
Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
(in degrees Celsius)
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Climate Reanalyzer. (May 3, 2025). Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer. "Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (in degrees Celsius)." Chart. May 3, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer. (2025). Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (in degrees Celsius). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer. "Daily Global Average Sea Surface Temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in The Years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (in Degrees Celsius)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/
Climate Reanalyzer, Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (in degrees Celsius) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/ (last visited May 09, 2025)
Daily global average sea surface temperature from 1982 to 2010 and in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph], Climate Reanalyzer, May 3, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468603/daily-global-ocean-surface-temperature/