2025 May Rank as Earth’s Second Warmest Year

We have several months left in 2025, and this year is already beating weather records.

Data and research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that 2024 was the Earth’s warmest year on record since global records began in 1850.

Now, the “first eight months of 2025 were Earth's second warmest on record, and this past summer was record warm in several locations around the world,” said The Weather Channel based on “just-released data.”

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To give more perspective on this weather trend, the Met Office said that the “UK has had its warmest summer on record.” Along with Ireland, China, Japan, and South Korea.

Could 2025 Become the Second Warmest Year on Earth?

The likelihood is pretty high, especially considering that there are now only four months remaining in 2025.

As reported earlier this month, fall and winter season forecasts from the Old Farmer’s Almanac predict a warmer-than-average winter for our area.

The World Meteorological Organization released an interesting forecast: over the next five years, there is a "70% chance that the 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will be more than 1.5 °C."

LOOK: The most extreme temperatures in the history of every state

Stacker consulted 2021 data from the NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) to illustrate the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in each state. Each slide also reveals the all-time highest 24-hour precipitation record and all-time highest 24-hour snowfall.

Keep reading to find out individual state records in alphabetical order.

Gallery Credit: Anuradha Varanasi

25 costliest hurricanes of all time

Although the full extent of damage caused by Hurricane Ian in the Southwest is still being realized, Ian is already being called one of the costliest storms to ever hit the U.S. Stacker took a look at NOAA data to extrapolate the costliest U.S. hurricanes of all time.

LOOK: The most expensive weather and climate disasters in recent decades

Stacker ranked the most expensive climate disasters by the billions since 1980 by the total cost of all damages, adjusted for inflation, based on 2021 data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The list starts with Hurricane Sally, which caused $7.3 billion in damages in 2020, and ends with a devastating 2005 hurricane that caused $170 billion in damage and killed at least 1,833 people. Keep reading to discover the 50 of the most expensive climate disasters in recent decades in the U.S.

Gallery Credit: KATELYN LEBOFF

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