{"id":403848,"date":"2025-09-21T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403848"},"modified":"2025-09-21T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:42:58","slug":"wmo-2024-was-dry-and-hot-with-lots-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403848","title":{"rendered":"WMO: 2024 Was Dry and Hot With Lots of Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, it\u2019s not the broken meteorological models, climate is making the world more unpredictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water cycle becoming harder to predict: UN scientists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Rebecca Speare-Cole
Updated <\/strong>September 18 2025 \u2013 5:16pm, first published 5:13pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earth\u2019s water cycle is becoming harder to predict as the climate changes, UN scientists have warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year was the sixth in a row to show an erratic cycle and the third where all glacier regions reported ice loss, according to the World Meteorological Organisation\u2019s (WMO) state of global water resources report for 2024<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The international group of scientists assessed freshwater availability and water storage across the world, including lakes, river flow, groundwater, soil moisture, snow cover and ice melt. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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While 2024 was generally a dry and hot year, featuring record-breaking temperatures driven by the warming El Nino weather phenomenon, it also saw significant flooding events, the scientists said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They found that around 60 per cent of rivers globally showed either too much or too little water compared to the average flow per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the world has natural cycles of climate variability from year to year, long-term trends outlined in the report indicate the water cycle, at a global scale, is accelerating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stefan Uhlenbrook, WMO director of hydrology in the water and cryosphere division, said scientists feel it is \u201cincreasingly difficult to predict\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more erratic \u2013 so either too much or too low on average flow per year,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/story\/9069759\/water-cycle-becoming-harder-to-predict-un-scientists\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The WMO press release;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From drought to deluge: WMO report highlights increasingly erratic water cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18 September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It highlights the cascading impacts of too much or too little water on economies and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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