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Make sure to fully enjoy the coolest summer of the rest of your life.
Assuming el nino ends, it should be a bit cooler once that happens. But eventually neutral or la nina years will surpass this year's heat.
Though considering the 20 - 30 year lag between creating emissions and feeling their impact, we've still got at least a decade of accelerating heating before it settles into a more constant increase corresponding with emissions plateauing in the 2010s--oh nm, that was just a temporary plateau, it started increasing again during the late 10s. But maybe we're at the peak now and will see the acceleration of heating stop in 20 - 30 years.
I feel like I just read el nino is over a few days ago.
Yeah, it looks like it is weakening. It's not quite over atm but it's close.