Last year was the world’s hottest year by far since modern temperature records began in 1850, federal scientists confirmed Friday. But amid the severe heat waves that baked Africa, China, Greece and Texas, the devastating wildfires that burned 45 million acres in Canada and the record loss of sea ice in Antarctica — all driven largely by climate change — something unusual happened in California. It was cooler than normal. The state’s average temperature in 2023 was 58.2 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperature, compiled by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from daily readi…