Climate Change - Last Sunday was the hottest day worldwide since records began.
The past Sunday was the hottest day worldwide according to EU Earth observation program Copernicus, as per reports from Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Tuesday. The average temperature was reportedly 17.09 degrees Celsius. This surpasses the previous record from July 6, 2023, by a mere 0.01 degrees Celsius.
C3S Director Carlo Buontempo stated, "On July 21, C3S recorded a new global temperature record." He continued, "We are now on truly uncharted territory, and with the climate continuing to warm, we will certainly break more records in the coming months and years."
Climate Change: Next Record for Hottest Day Could Follow Soon
According to Copernicus, the global temperature record could be broken again in the coming days before temperatures decrease worldwide, as predicted. This year alone, a series of temperature records have fallen. The previous month was the hottest June on record since records began. Consequently, a temperature record has been set for the 13th consecutive month.
Weather records date back to approximately 1940. The daily temperature record before July 6, 2023, with its 17.08 degrees Celsius, was recorded on August 13, 2016, according to Copernicus. The temperature then was measured at 16.8 degrees Celsius.
The EU Earth observation program Copernicus reported on Tuesday that the past Sunday marked the hottest day worldwide in recorded history, breaking the previous record from July 6, 2023. This trend of breaking heat records is not slowing down, according to C3S Director Carlo Buontempo, who predicts that more records will be set in the coming months and years due to climate change. As evidence of this, Copernicus has been consistently recording records of heat since the beginning of this year, with the previous month being the hottest June on record.
