MAINE PUBLIC • June 5, 2023
A University of Maine analysis suggests that global temperatures are setting new records. Maine State Climatologist Sean Birkel developed a website called the Climate Reanalyzer at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. A recent temperature chart at the website shows that Monday and Tuesday were the hottest days on the planet since 1979, when the global mean daily temperature estimates were first recorded in the federal dataset the site uses. He says the temperatures are symptomatic of a climate that's warming rapidly due to greenhouse gas emissions.