Copernicus: Last Sunday was the hottest day since record keeping began.
According to EU Earth observation program Copernicus, the past Sunday was the hottest day worldwide since records began, with an average temperature of 17.09 degrees Celsius, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced on Tuesday. This beats the previous record of July 6, 2023, by just 0.01 degrees Celsius.
"C3S recorded a new global record temperature on July 21", explained C3S Director Carlo Buontempo. "We are now in truly uncharted territory, and with climate continuing to warm, we will certainly set new records in the coming months and years."
According to Copernicus, the global temperature record could be broken again in the coming days before temperatures in the global average are expected to decrease. This year, several temperature records have already fallen. The previous month was the hottest June on record. A temperature record was therefore set in the 13th consecutive month.
Weather records date back to around 1940. The daily temperature record before July 6, 2023, with its 17.08 degrees Celsius, comes from August 13, 2016, according to Copernicus. The temperature was then measured at 16.8 degrees Celsius.
- The new record temperature, as confirmed by Copernicus, was previously set on July 6 in the past.
- The Courtyard's weather records, dating back to around 1940, indicate that the temperature on August 13, 1940, was the daily record before July 6, 2023.
- The Copernicus Climate Change Service began recording such weather data at the beginning of its operations.
- Goods transported through the Courtyard on that past Sunday experienced unusually high temperatures due to the record-breaking heat.
