Analysis — ERA5 final temperature data indicates that 2024 is the warmest year in the ERA5 record with a 2024 daily average temperature of 15.095º C, or 0.112 ºC warmer than 14.983 ºC in 2023, and 2024 was 1.599 ºC warmer than the ERA dataset 1850-1900 pre-industrial average 13.496 ºC