2024 ranks among warmest years on record for Austria, Germany, Switzerland


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  • Saturday, 09 Nov 2024

VIENNA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- This year is on course to become one of the warmest on record in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, according to a joint study by the meteorological agencies of the three countries.

In Austria, the average temperature from January to October was 4.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1881-1910), making 2024 likely to become the warmest year on record, according to the study by GeoSphere Austria, the German Weather Service (DWD), and MeteoSwiss, published on Friday.

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