A report from the World Meteorological Organization in an annual report on global temperatures predicted that annual averages are likely to continue to rise during the next five years, and at least one year is likely to set a new record high average. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo
May 28 (UPI) -- The average global temperature is expected to remain at or near record highs over the next five years, scientists said in a report published Thursday.
The average mean surface temperature of the Earth from 2026 to 2030 is expected to be roughly 1.3 degrees Celsius to 1.9 degrees Celsius above the global average temperature recorded between 1850 and 1900, the World Meteorological Organization said in its annual Decadal Climate Update.
Scientists at the WMO also said that there is an 86% chance that one of the next five years will surpass the global average temperature record, which was set in 2024.
That record high temperature, they said, has a 91% chance to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius that was briefly surpassed during the 2024 record, with a chance it could happen as soon as next year.
