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Oceans & climate · the air above our planet

Taking Earth's temperature.

Daily global mean air temperature, its seasonal baseline and the observation date. The latest available observation is not necessarily today's.

Captured for 1 October 2026 · checked 12:29 UTC

Global average air temperature

Copernicus / ERA5 · land and ocean

15.84°C

Observed 29 September 2026

Preliminary — may be revised

+0.77°C

Compared with the 1991–2020 average for this calendar day. This is near-surface air temperature, not sea-water temperature or an average of cities.

Source retrieved 2026-10-01 12:29 UTC. Daily observations usually lag by about two days.

Last 30 observed daysSolid: daily mean · Dashed: 1991–2020 daily average
15.0°16.0°17.0°2026-08-31: 16.78°C; anomaly +0.94°C; FINAL2026-09-01: 16.74°C; anomaly +0.93°C; FINAL2026-09-02: 16.71°C; anomaly +0.92°C; FINAL2026-09-03: 16.69°C; anomaly +0.92°C; FINAL2026-09-04: 16.70°C; anomaly +0.95°C; FINAL2026-09-05: 16.62°C; anomaly +0.90°C; FINAL2026-09-06: 16.52°C; anomaly +0.82°C; FINAL2026-09-07: 16.46°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-08: 16.45°C; anomaly +0.80°C; FINAL2026-09-09: 16.41°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-10: 16.38°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-11: 16.39°C; anomaly +0.81°C; FINAL2026-09-12: 16.34°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-13: 16.33°C; anomaly +0.80°C; FINAL2026-09-14: 16.30°C; anomaly +0.79°C; FINAL2026-09-15: 16.26°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-16: 16.24°C; anomaly +0.79°C; FINAL2026-09-17: 16.18°C; anomaly +0.76°C; FINAL2026-09-18: 16.13°C; anomaly +0.73°C; FINAL2026-09-19: 16.10°C; anomaly +0.73°C; FINAL2026-09-20: 16.10°C; anomaly +0.76°C; FINAL2026-09-21: 16.12°C; anomaly +0.80°C; FINAL2026-09-22: 16.06°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-23: 16.06°C; anomaly +0.81°C; FINAL2026-09-24: 16.09°C; anomaly +0.86°C; FINAL2026-09-25: 16.08°C; anomaly +0.88°C; FINAL2026-09-26: 16.05°C; anomaly +0.89°C; FINAL2026-09-27: 16.01°C; anomaly +0.88°C; FINAL2026-09-28: 15.95°C; anomaly +0.85°C; FINAL2026-09-29: 15.84°C; anomaly +0.77°C; PRELIMINARY2026-08-312026-09-29

On the same calendar date in 2025, the global mean was 15.74°C. One day's anomaly is not the long-term warming level or a Paris Agreement threshold assessment.

View the numerical observations
Observation dateMean °CAnomaly °CStatus
2026-09-2915.8410.773PRELIMINARY
2026-09-2815.9500.849FINAL
2026-09-2716.0090.876FINAL
2026-09-2616.0550.890FINAL
2026-09-2516.0790.884FINAL
2026-09-2416.0890.863FINAL
2026-09-2316.0630.807FINAL
2026-09-2216.0640.779FINAL
2026-09-2116.1180.804FINAL
2026-09-2016.0990.757FINAL
2026-09-1916.1040.735FINAL
2026-09-1816.1290.732FINAL
2026-09-1716.1830.759FINAL
2026-09-1616.2440.793FINAL
2026-09-1516.2600.783FINAL
2026-09-1416.2960.794FINAL
2026-09-1316.3290.801FINAL
2026-09-1216.3360.783FINAL
2026-09-1116.3890.811FINAL
2026-09-1016.3810.778FINAL
2026-09-0916.4080.781FINAL
2026-09-0816.4520.800FINAL
2026-09-0716.4580.782FINAL
2026-09-0616.5250.825FINAL
2026-09-0516.6200.896FINAL
2026-09-0416.7010.953FINAL
2026-09-0316.6900.918FINAL
2026-09-0216.7140.919FINAL
2026-09-0116.7430.925FINAL
2026-08-3116.7800.939FINAL

Data: C3S/ECMWF, Copernicus Climate Pulse. ERA5 is a reanalysis combining observations with a physical model; this is an estimate, not one planetary thermometer. Official CSV and methodology notes ↗

The current UTC day refreshes hourly. Previous captures are retained as revisions and closed daily captures are not overwritten. Values labelled preliminary may differ from later scientific revisions. Explore the full historical series at Copernicus ↗