WMO & UK Met Office: Temperatures May Exceed 1.5°C By 2030

Sustainabilitymag · Jun 02, 2026 · 776 words · By Chloe Williment

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The article reports on a Global Annual-to-Decadal Update from the World Meteorological Organization and the UK Met Office regarding predicted global temperatures and precipitation patterns between 2026 and 2030. It details the likelihood of temporary temperature exceedances of 1.5°C and provides regional forecasts for Arctic ice and global rainfall.

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What happened

WMO & UK Met Office: Temperatures May Exceed 1.5°C By 2030 Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026 to 2030 are predicted to range between 1.3°C and 1.9°C above the 1850-1900 average.

Why it matters

The Global Annual-to-Decadal Update by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), produced by the UK Met Office, observes the climate over the past five years, providing regional predictions for temperatures and precipitation for the next five years to come.

Common ground

The report states that there is a likely (86%) chance that one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024 as the hottest year on record.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The 1.5°C (and 2.0°C) levels specified in the Paris Agreement refer to long-term warming sustained over an extended period, typically assessed over 20 years?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The 1.5°C (and 2.0°C) levels specified in the Paris Agreement refer to long-term warming sustained over an extended period, typically assessed over 20 years.”

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Claim 2: “The five year mean temperature between 2026 to 2030 is likely (75% chance) to exceed 1.5°C above the 1850 to 1900 average, there is less than 1% chance that it will exceed 2°C.”

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Two separate web search results confirm the 75% chance for the five-year mean to exceed 1.5°C and the less than 1% chance to exceed 2°C.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... It is likely (75% chance) that the 2026-2030 five-year mean will exceed 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average. It is considered exceptionally ...
https://www.preventionweb.net/news/wmo-report-suggests-more-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 23, 2026 ... WMO projects temperatures during 2026-2030 to be 1.3 to 1.9 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average, with an 86% chance that at least one ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPXaxGiWhg/

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web search NEUTRAL — It is likely (75% chance) that the 2026-2030 five-year mean will exceed 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average. It is considered exceptionally unlikely (less than 1 ...
https://meteorologicalconsultant.wordpress.com/

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Claim 3: “The five-year predicted average temperature in the central tropical Pacific (Niño 3.4 region) indicates a tendency towards El Niño conditions, particularly in 2027 to 2028”

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Web search results specifically mention the Niño 3.4 region showing a tendency toward El Niño conditions, particularly during 2027 and 2028.

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web search NEUTRAL — Prepare for rising global temperatures as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) expects records to be broken between 2026 and 2030, with signs of an El Niño event late this year pushing 2027 to …
https://en.thairath.co.th/scoop/theissue/2936203

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web search NEUTRAL — Scientists classify a strong El Nino when temperatures in the Nino 3.4 region rise between 1.5C and 1.9C above average, while anomalies above 2C are associated with very strong events.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/powerful-el-nino-to-impact-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — The five-year outlook for the Niño 3.4 region shows a 64 percent probability of above-average temperatures, indicating a tendency toward El Niño conditions, particularly during 2027 and 2028.
https://www.esgtimes.in/climate/wmo-warns-new-global-tempera…

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Claim 4: “The updates have been produced by the UK Met Office due to its role as the WMO Lead Centre for Annual to Decadal Climate Prediction.”

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Confirmed by France24 and multiple web search results stating the UK Met Office is the WMO Lead Centre for Annual to Decadal Climate Prediction.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Lead Centre for Annual-to-Decadal Climate Prediction collects and provides hindcasts, forecasts and verification data from a number of contributing centres ...
https://hadleyserver.metoffice.gov.uk/wmolc/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2025 ... Met Office was designated the Lead Centre for Annual to Decadal Climate Prediction in. May 2017. • Operation Decadal Prediction – models ...
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/custom-upl…

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web search NEUTRAL — The latest forecast has been issued in the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update with the World Global Meteorological organisation.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/seasonal-to-de…

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Claim 5: “The Met Office provides a synthesis of predictions that 13 institutes, including four Global Producing Centres, contributed to, including: Barcelona Supercomputer Centre, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Deutscher Wetterdienst, The Met Office.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific list of 13 institutes or the four Global Producing Centres.

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Claim 6: “Predictions of Arctic sea-ice for March 2026 to 2035 suggest further reductions in sea-ice concentration in the Barents Sea, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.”

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Claim 7: “Sustainability LIVE: The Leadership Summit at London Climate Action Week, taking place at Code Node on 25 June 2026.”

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Multiple cross-references from Sustainabilitymag confirm the event 'Sustainability LIVE: The Leadership Summit' is taking place at Code Node on 25 June 2026.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Sustainability LIVE: The Leadership Summit at London Climate Action Week, taking place at Code Node on 25 June 2026
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/solving-the-supply-chains…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Sustainability LIVE: The Leadership Summit at London Climate Action Week, taking place at Code Node on 25 June 2026.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/the-four-tech-giants-fund…

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Claim 8: “Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026 to 2030 are predicted to range between 1.3°C and 1.9°C above the 1850-1900 average.”

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The claim is reported by France24 and multiple web search results (dated May 28, 2026) stating the predicted range is 1.3°C to 1.9°C above the 1850-1900 average.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PredictIt is a United States-based online prediction market that offers exchanges on political and financial events. PredictIt is a project of the Prediction Market Research Consortium, a not-for-prof…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A prediction (from Latin prae- 'before' and dictum 'something said') or forecast is a statement about a future event or about future data. Predictions are often, but not always, based upon experien…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Predictor may refer to: Branch predictor, a part of many modern processors Kerrison Predictor, a military fire-control computer Predictor variable, also known as an independent variable A type of rai…
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Claim 9: “For the May to September period of 2026 to 2030, forecasts suggest an increased likelihood of above-average rainfall in the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska and Siberia, while below-average precipitation is more likely across the Amazon region.”

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Claim 10: “The Global Annual-to-Decadal Update by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), produced by the UK Met Office, observes the climate over the past five years, providing regional predictions for temperatures and precipitation for the next five years to come.”

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Multiple web search results confirm the Global Annual-to-Decadal Update is produced by a consortium led by the UK Met Office and provides regional predictions for the next five years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Global surface temperature (GST) is the average temperature of Earth's surface at a given time. It is a combination of sea surface temperature and the near-surface air temperature over land, weighted …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surface_temperature

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Claim 11: “Precipitation forecasts indicate wetter-than-average conditions at high northern latitudes during the next five extended winter seasons.”

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Claim 12: “Arctic temperatures over the next five extended northern hemisphere winters (November-March) are expected to be 2.8°C above average temperatures for 1991 to 2020.”

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Claim 13: “it is extremely likely (91%) that the global mean near-surface temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5°C above the 1850 to 1900 average levels for at least one year between 2026 and 2030.”

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Three separate web search results confirm the 91% probability that global mean near-surface temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average between 2026 and 2030.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 77th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026

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Claim 14: “The report states that there is a likely (86%) chance that one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024 as the hottest year on record.”

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Multiple independent web sources (dated May 28 and June 1, 2026) confirm the 86% probability that at least one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since late May 2026, Europe has been struck by severe heatwaves. Temperature records have been broken in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_European_heatwaves

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2026, although most tropical cyclones typ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_typhoon_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by all United Nations (UN) members for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The aim of the 17 global goals is "peace and prospe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals

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Claim 15: “In 2024, this level was temporarily exceeded when the average surface temperature reached 1.55°C above the pre-industrial baseline.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of 'average' and Wikipedia entries for the year 2024 and TV shows; no evidence was found confirming the specific temperature of 1.55°C for 2024.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gentlemen is an action comedy television series created by Guy Ritchie for Netflix. It is a spin-off of Ritchie's 2019 film. The series stars Theo James in the lead role and premiered on March 7, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentlemen_(2024_TV_series)

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Claim 16: “forecasts indicate that the period 2026 to 2030 may see above-average precipitation [in South-Eastern Europe].”

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