The world's climate smashed the previous heat record by an extraordinary margin. 9News
July's global average temperature of 16.95 degrees was a third of a degree higher than the previous record set in 2019, CopernicusNormally global temperature records are broken by hundredths or a tenth of a degree, so this margin is unusual.Normally global temperature records are broken by hundredths or a tenth of a degree, so this margin is unusual.
Days in July have been hotter than previously recorded from July 2 on. It's been so extra warm that Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organisation made the unusual early announcement that it was likely the hottest month days before it ended. Tuesday's calculations made it official. Copernicus' records go back to 1940. That temperature would be hotter than any month the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recorded and its records go back to 1850.
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