Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.

The year 2024 was the hottest on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have been in the past decade

It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year.

Earth records its hottest year ever in 2024 and passes major climate threshold.

It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year, according to measurements from four of six teams