The world has not had a single cooler-than-normal day since December 2022
The last time the planet's average temperature dipped below normal was 1 December 2022, and even then only by 0.006°C, a difference far too small to feel. Every day since, from 2 December 2022 to 26 October 2026, has been warmer than normal for its date.
The world has experienced an unprecedented 1,425-day streak without a single cooler-than-normal day since late 2022, according to JoyNews Research analysis of global temperature data. This unprecedented run surpasses the previous record of 959 consecutive warmer-than-normal days, set between 2015 and 2018. The analysis examined weather records from January 1, 1940 to October 26, 2026, with a cooler-than-normal day defined as a day when the global average temperature was below the 1991-2020 average for the same date.
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