a new record

The average daily air temperature on the planet’s surface on July 3 was recorded at: 17.01 degrees Celsius, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Meteorological Organization (NOAA). This indicator is calculated taking into account all continents, including the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

The data has yet to be confirmed by other similar measurements, but may soon become irrelevant as summer begins in the northern hemisphere. The average global temperature usually continues to rise until late July or early August.

• It’s very hot this week in America. There, the temperature in some places exceeded 43 degrees Celsius. Even in places that don’t normally enjoy warm weather, the past few days and weeks have been unseasonably hot.
• In addition, a maximum of 8.7 degrees Celsius was recorded in July at the “Akademik Vernadskyi” research base in Antarctica.
• Ukraine will not be spared either: It is estimated that it will reach +37 degrees in the south and east regions and 27 degrees in the west regions on July 5-7.

Scientists have been talking particularly loudly of heat waves in recent years. Temperatures reached 47 degrees in Europe last year, melting asphalt, damaging infrastructure and even killing people. This year is unlikely to be any different. This is because The combination of global warming (the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increasing day by day) and the onset of El Niño, a new cycle of ocean warming, affects the climate first in the equatorial regions, and then on the entire planet. The trend will definitely continue next year.