AndMonday was the hottest day on record, after Sunday’s record-breaking day, according to preliminary data from the European Union’s monitoring agency.
The average air temperature on the planet’s surface was 17.15 degrees Celsius on Monday, beating the new record set on Sunday of 17.09 degrees Celsius – by 0.06 degrees Celsius.
Preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service makes Monday the hottest day on record since 1940.
Thirteen regions in mainland Portugal remain under orange warning on Wednesday due to hot weather, on a day when more than 40 municipalities are at extreme risk of rural fires.
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The record-breaking days come as millions of people around the world are suffering from heat waves in Japan, China and the United States, and “hellish heat” in southern Europe.
Meanwhile, heat and humidity combined to create a suppressive effect in the Gulf region, and high temperatures sparked wildfires in Greece, Portugal and North America.
“What is really shocking is the huge difference between the temperatures over the past 13 months and previous temperature records,” said Carlo Bontempo, director of Copernicus.
“We are now in truly uncharted territory, and as the climate continues to warm, new records are likely to be broken in the coming months and years,” he stressed.
Before July 2023, the global temperature record was 16.8°C, set on 13 August 2016. But since 3 July 2023, at least 57 days have broken the previous record, set in August 2016, spread between July and August 2023, and June and July 2024.
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