May 2023 through April 2024 was the warmest 12-month stretch on record with a global average temperature of 2.90 degrees Fahrenheit above the 1850 to 1900 pre-industrial average, the report found....
...The last time Earth recorded a colder than average year was in 1976 -- 48 years ago -- according to NOAA.
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