Do you feel like this year has always been hot? Data published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirms that it is not anecdotal and just a personal opinion as the average temperature in 2025 is confirmed to be the second highest in history since humans began keeping temperature records.
Between January and November 2025, the average temperature of the Earth was 0.60°C higher than the average for 1991–2020 and 1.48°C higher than the average for 1850–1900 which was before the industrial revolution. If the current temperature trend continues, the average temperature in 2025 will match the average temperature of 2023 but still slightly behind 2024 with an average temperature of 15.1°C . However, the average temperature of November 2025 is the third highest ever recorded in history.
A total of 157 cases of extreme weather were reported this year with it being classified as a disaster that claimed more than 100 lives. In Malaysia, for example, for the first time a tropical cyclone formed in the Strait of Malacca. Tropical cyclones do not usually form in the equatorial region. Typhoon Senyar, which formed in the Strait of Malacca on November 26, was the second tropical cyclone to occur in the equatorial region after Typhoon Vamei in 2001 which formed in the South China Sea.
The average temperature between 2023-2025 is still more than 1.5°C compared to the temperature before the industrial revolution. The world has failed to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement which aims to prevent the average global temperature from rising to this level.
Scientists say the average temperature in 2025 will be lower than in 2025 due to the La Niña phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean. In 2024 the El Niño phenomenon had the opposite effect.
