BRUSSELS, 8th August, 2024 (WAM) -- Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming El Nino weather pattern, Reuters reported, citing the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday.
The month was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial reference of 1850-1990, Copernicus said in a monthly report, while the last 12 months were 1.64 C above the pre-industrial average due to climate change.
July also recorded the two hottest days on record.
Above-average temperatures were recorded in southern and eastern Europe, the western United States, western Canada, most of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and eastern Antarctica.
Near or below-average temperatures were seen in northwestern Europe, western Antarctica, parts of the United States, South America and Australia.