Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world's hottest recorded year. Every month since June 2023 - 13 months in a row - has ranked as the planet's hottest since records began, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims drink water during extremely hot weather, on the first day of the Satan stoning ritual, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 16, 2024. REUTERS/Saleh Salem The latest data suggest 2024 could outrank 2023 as the hottest year since records began after...
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The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday. Each month since June 2023 has ranked as the planet's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. People walk as water is sprayed by a system to alleviate the high temperatures caused by a heat wave, at the Gerardo Barrios square, in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas Including April, the world's average temperature was the highest on record for a 12-month period - 1.61 degrees Celsius above the average in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period. S...
Read MoreThe world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Tuesday. Each of the last 10 months ranked as the world's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. The 12 months ending with March also ranked as the planet's hottest ever recorded 12-month period, C3S said. From April 2023 to March 2024, the global average temperature was 1.58 degrees Celsius above the average in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period. File Photo: A woman protects herself from the sun with an umbrella during a heatwave in the centre of Sao Paulo, Brazil March 15,...
Read MoreThe summer of 2023 was the hottest on record, according to data from the European Union Climate Change Service released on Wednesday. The three-month period from June through August surpassed previous records by a large margin, with an average temperature of 16.8 degrees Celsius (62.2F) - 0.66C above average. Last month was the also the hottest August on record globally, the third straight month in a row to set such a record following the hottest ever June and July, the EU said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Lifeguard Mohamed stands near a swimming pool while the sun sets over Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky August is estimated to have been around 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than the pre-industrial average for the 1850-1900 period. Pursuing efforts t...
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