The Version 6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for April, 2024 was +1.05 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, up from the March, 2024 anomaly of +0.95 deg. C, and setting a new high monthly anomaly record for the 1979-2024 satellite period.
A row of excavators and dump trucks stood single file earlier this month next to hundreds of acres of compacted red clay, perfectly flat and a little soupy from heavy rains days before.