2025 among world's three hottest years on record, WMO says


FILE PHOTO: A firefighter uses a hose as smoke and flames from a wildfire rise in Vilar de Condes, in the province of Ourense in Galicia, Spain, August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Last year was ‌among the planet's three warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday, as EU scientists also confirmed average ‌temperatures have now exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming for the longest since records began.

The WMO, which consolidates ‌eight climate datasets from around the world, said six of them - including the European Union's European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the British national weather service - had ranked 2025 as the third warmest, while two placed it as the second warmest in the 176-year record.

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