New data reveals that September 2025 was one of the hottest months on record \u2014 a stark reminder that climate change isn\u2019t pausing, and neither should response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Climate analysts have announced that September 2025\u2019s average global temperature reached 16.11 \u00b0C<\/strong>, placing it among the top three warmest Septembers ever recorded. The month was 0.66 \u00b0C above the 1991\u20132020 average and 1.47 \u00b0C higher than pre-industrial norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These numbers matter. They indicate that even without an El Ni\u00f1o event (2025 is forecast as ENSO-neutral<\/strong>) \u2014 the climate system is being driven upward by long-term greenhouse gas forcing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The consequences ripple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The data challenges narratives of complacency. Even absent El Ni\u00f1o conditions, the climate is steadily warming \u2014 meaning mitigation and adaptation need acceleration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Policymakers, businesses, and communities must treat such monthly trends not as anomalies, but as signs of systemic change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For readers, the message is urgent: climate change isn\u2019t a future threat. It\u2019s happening now, in every data point we collect.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New data reveals that September 2025 was one of the hottest months on record \u2014 a stark reminder that climate change isn\u2019t pausing, and neither should response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"\n\n