Global temperatures hit an all-time high this summer

New data from the EU’s top climate monitor, Copernicus Climate Change Service, has confirmed that, yes: this summer was unseasonably hot. Global surface air temperatures from June through August averaged +0.69°C above the 1991-2020 mean temperature for these 3 months… breaking the previous record, set just last year, of +0.66°C.

This summer's sweltering temperatures all but confirm that 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on the books — in July, scientists reported that the hottest day on record was broken twice in the same week.

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