On July 21, heat waves hit several areas of the planet. How high did the temperature reach?
He Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded worldwideaccording to preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union.
The average global surface air temperature reached last Sunday 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit)slightly above the previous record, set last July at 17.08 C (62.74 F).
Heat waves tormented large areas of United States, Europe and Russia during the last week. Copernicus confirmed to Reuters that the record for average daily temperature set last year appeared to have been broken on Sunday.
The day the world burned: the US and Europe suffered the hottest day in history
Last year the record was broken for four days in a row, July 3-6, as extreme temperatures driven by climate change caused extreme heat across the Northern Hemisphere.
Every month since June 2023 (13 months in a row) was the warmest on record for the planet, compared to the corresponding month in previous years, according to Copernicus.
Some scientists suggested that 2024 could surpass 2023 as the hottest year on recordas climate change and the natural weather phenomenon El Niño (which ended in April) pushed temperatures even higher this year.
Source: Ambito
