2023 likely to have the hottest day ever recorded

Climate models give it a 90 per cent chance of happening

Scientists say an ‘El Niño’ weather event could bring the hottest day that the world has ever seen this year. After several years of concerningly high temperatures, the record books could be re-written yet again in the coming months due to a phenomenon that takes place in the central southern Pacific Ocean. Redistribution of heat into the ocean drives weather patterns across the Pacific and around the globe – and scientists say ocean temperatures have been on the rise since March. The last El Niño event occurred in 2018-2019, however this was weak. The one prior to that was 2016 which saw a strong event take place and coincided with the hottest year on record globally. Current climate models suggest that there is a 62 percent chance of El Niño by July, and a 90 percent chance of it developing by the end of the year. It coud lead to higher global temperatures, including even perhaps the highest temperatures ever recorded on earth. Robert Rohde from Berkeley Earth told the Washington Post: “If El Niño develops, it is likely to moderately boost global average temperatures during the rest of 2023 and into 2024.” Netweather forecaster, Nick Finnis, meanwhike, told the Daily Express: “It could push the world past a new average temperature record with help from climate change induced global warming.” Michael McPhaden, a senior scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the WP: “We’re likely going to see the same kind of sequence play out, “We’re going to see again this big ramp-up in global mean surface temperatures.” This article originally appeared on JOE UK Header image via Shutterstock READ ON:  - Photographer takes photo of phallic-shaped iceberg near town called Dildo - BrewDog has closed in Cork after less than a year in business - Billie Eilish wore an Irish designer to the Met Gala