There is a 60% chance of 2024 ranking as the warmest year on record, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In June, the global surface temperature was 2.2 degrees F, above the 20th-century average of 59.9 degrees F, which made it the warmest June on record and the 13th consecutive month of record-high global temperatures.

The first six months came in 2.32 degrees F above the 20th-century average. This makes it the warmest period on record. South America, Europe and Africa recorded their warmest year-to-date period. For North America, it was the second warmest period on record.

Cyclone activity in June was reported below the 1991 to 2000 average. There were two named tropical systems, Tropical Storm Alberto and Hurricane Beryl.

Read more about the record-high temperature here.