This marks a 13-month period in which each has been the hottest month of the year in the agency's data records. While this is unusual, a similar length of monthly global temperature record streak occurred during the last strong El Niño in 2015/2016.
Samantha Burgeress, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said: "Globally, the temperature in July 2024 is almost equivalent to the hottest July on record, July 2023. July 2024 will Two of the hottest days on record. The overall picture has not changed and our climate continues to warm. The devastating effects of climate change began well before 2023 and will continue until global greenhouse gas emissions reach net zero. So far.”
July saw two hottest days on record
Although the average temperature in July 2024 was not as good as July 2023, the Earth experienced the hottest days in the Copernican climate change era5 data record. Two days: July 22 and 23, the global daily average temperatures reached 17.16°c and 17.15°c respectively. Because the differences were so small, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it couldn't completely determine which day was the hottest.
Meanwhile, July temperatures were 1.48°C above the estimated July average for 1850-1900, marking the end of 12 consecutive months with temperatures at or above 1.5°C.
Meanwhile, the global average temperature over the past 12 months (August 2023 to July 2024) was 0.76°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average and 1.64°C warmer than the pre-industrial average of 1850-1900.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said global temperature anomalies so far in 2024 (January-July) are 0.70°C higher than the 1991-2020 average and 0.27°C higher than the same period in 2023. The average temperature anomaly for the remaining months of this year must drop by at least 0.23°C so that the temperature in 2024 will not be higher than that in 2023.
This rarely happens, so 2024 is increasingly likely to be the hottest year on record, the Copernicus Climate Change Service explained.
html On the 16th, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that throughout July, hundreds of millions of people around the world experienced severe heat attacks, and many places in the world experienced the hottest day on record. From June 2023 to June 2024, the global monthly average temperature has set a new record for 13 consecutive months.wmo said that in the past year, large-scale, long-lasting and severe heat waves hit major states. At least 10 countries and regions recorded daily temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius.
Europe’s second warmest July on record
Looking at the regions, the average temperature in Europe in July 2024 was 1.49°C higher than the average temperature in July 1991-2020, making this month the second warmest after July 2010. This was followed by Europe's second-hottest July on record.
Among them, southern and eastern Europe have the highest temperatures and are above average, but northwest Europe has temperatures close to or below average.
Outside Europe, temperatures were above average in the western United States and Canada, much of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and eastern Antarctica.
Temperatures were below average in West Antarctica, parts of the United States, South America and Australia.
In addition, temperatures in the equatorial Pacific are currently below average, indicating a developing La Niña phenomenon, but ocean temperatures remain abnormally warm in many areas.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said one reason for the soaring temperatures was that temperatures were well above average in much of Antarctica, with abnormal temperatures in some areas more than 10 degrees Celsius above average. This is the second time in the past two years that the Antarctic continent has experienced such a heat wave.
