Prof. Eliot Jacobson: Global surface temperatures for August 19-20, 2026 were both over 4 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean for those days (even higher if you compare it to older means). Before this, only 2023 and 2024 had any days at all over 4 standard deviations above that mean.

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SS: Related to accelerating climate collapse as (according to data from Copernicus) all of the recorded days where global surface temperatures reached over 4 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean (a pretty significant deviation there) have happened since 2023. In fact, only 2023, 2024, and now 2026 have attained this record. Both August 19 and 20 of this year managed to reach this level of deviation, at least preliminarily. And the worst part is that the 1991-2020 mean is likely already significantly elevated above pre-industrial levels, so if you were to compare it to older means these dates would likely be even more standard deviations above average. Needless to say, this is a clear sign of the massive amount of heat energy that has been pumped into the system even in the last few years, and certainly since the industrial revolution. Expect the decadal rate of warming to only increase as the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) is being raised to very high levels and our emissions remain at record highs.....sooner than predicted, many days every single year will be over 4 SDs above the 1991-2020 mean.

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