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The Earth
Record

THE PLANETARY JOURNAL / DAILY EDITION

1 October 2026.

One planet. One day. A permanent record.

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LAST COLLECTION 12:29 UTC

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17 source records captured so far in this UTC day.Last collection: .1 event feed check is incomplete. This covers our monitored feeds—not every event worldwide or a measure of global safety.

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
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Earthquakes · M4.5+

11

Within the daily record

Largest earthquake

M 5.6

Observed magnitude

Space-weather records

0

Bulletins and significant flares

Event feed checks

7 / 8

Partial coverage · see source notes

The world today

17 LOCATED RECORDS
Locations of the recorded natural events. Linked markers open the event record.M 4.7 - northern Mid-Atlantic RidgeM 4.9 - 145 km ESE of Neiafu, TongaM 4.5 - 49 km SSE of Toktogul, KyrgyzstanM 4.6 - northern Mid-Atlantic RidgeHurricane NoloHurricane RachelM 5.0 - 38 km WSW of Palimbang, PhilippinesM 4.5 - 272 km WSW of Tual, IndonesiaM 4.6 - 45 km ENE of Luwuk, IndonesiaM 5.2 - 7 km ESE of Baghlān, AfghanistanM 4.9 - northern Mid-Atlantic RidgeM 5.6 - 94 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa RicaM 4.6 - 83 km S of Yonakuni, JapanGreen notification for tropical cyclone CHOI-WAN-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Green notification for tropical cyclone NINETEEN-E-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Green notification for tropical cyclone RACHEL-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Green notification for tropical cyclone NOLO-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).
EarthquakesStorms

Markers show source-reported points, not affected areas. Space-weather records appear separately.

Seismic rhythm

M4.5+ / UTC HOURS
00:0006:0012:0018:0023:00

Bars count earthquakes in the collected daily record. Unelapsed hours have no observations.

Beyond the atmosphere

NOAA SWPC ↗

Strongest recorded flare today

B5.0

Latest estimated Kp / 9

1.00

Kp 5 marks the G1 geomagnetic threshold. Flare class alone does not predict an Earth impact. Last sample 09:00 UTC.

The event ledger

17 RECORDS

Context

06:00 UTC

Hurricane Nolo

NASA EONET event context. Location and timing may be approximate; follow the original source for authoritative details.

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Source geometry date

Context

06:00 UTC

Hurricane Rachel

NASA EONET event context. Location and timing may be approximate; follow the original source for authoritative details.

NASA EONET ↗

Source geometry date

About this edition

Source health & methodology ↗

Reporting interval: 2026-10-01, 00:00–24:00 UTC. Issued bulletins and event observations are labelled separately. Future-dated or malformed records are withheld. This page preserves a dated record and does not certify that any warning is currently active.

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The ocean record

Source dates differ from the capture date

Ocean observation date

2026-09-29

Temperature & anomaly maps ↗

NOAA ENSO advisory · issued 2026-09-10

El Niño Advisory

Advisory, history & outlook ↗

Latest captured RONI

+1.36°C

JJA 2026 · three-month mean