The State of the Climate in 2019 report has been released. Follow this thread for details. #StateOfClimate2019 @AmetSoc http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 The global annual average atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration rose to 409.8 parts per million last year—the highest in the modern 61-year measurement record and in ice core records dating back as far as 800,000 years: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 Last year was among the three warmest years in records dating to the mid- to late 1800s: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 Globally, upper ocean heat content was record high last year: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 There were 96 named tropical cyclones across all ocean basins last year, well above the 1981-2010 average of 82 storms. Five tropical cyclones reached Saffir-Simpson scale Category 5 intensity: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 Global average sea level rose to a new record high last year and was about 3.4 inches (87.6 mm) higher than the 1993 average: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 Antarctic sea ice extent continued to be below average in 2019, with January and June each setting a new low monthly mean sea ice extent record: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 The Arctic mean surface air temperature was the second highest on record, behind 2016. Arctic sea ice extent tied with 2007 and 2016 for the second smallest minimum extent in the 41-year satellite record. Only 2012 had a smaller extent. http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 The contiguous United States observed its second wettest year on record, behind 1973: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 It was the warmest year on record for South Africa (tied with 2015) as well as for several western Indian Ocean islands, including Mauritius, Mayotte, Comoros, Seychelles, and Réunion Island: http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 Very large bushfires affected eastern Australia from September into early 2020, burning around 5 million hectares. Smoke from these wildfires was detected across much of the Southern Hemisphere. http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019 

#StateOfClimate2019 The year 2019 was among Europe’s four warmest years on record, with all four occurring since 2014. http://bit.ly/BAMSSotC2019