Last month July this 2024 was the second of July hot and the second the hottest According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), worldwide since records began.

According to the C3S monthly report, July reached ground air temperature on average 16.91°Cwhich is 0.68 °C above the 1991–2020 July average and just 0.04 °C below the previous maximum set in July 2023.

While unusual, a series of monthly global temperature records of similar duration previously occurred in 2015/2016 during the last El Niño event.

Although July 2024 was not as warm as the average July 2023, The Earth experienced two of its warmest days ever in the data record. On 22 and 23 July, the global average daily temperature reached 17.16°C and 17.15°C. Given the small difference, similar to the level of uncertainty in the ERA5 data, it is not yet certain which of the two days was the warmest.

According to the Copernicus analysis, based on the ERA5 reanalysis dataset, which uses billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world, The month was 1.48°C above the calculated July average for 1850–1900. an established pre-industrial base period that marks the end of a series of 12 consecutive months with temperatures equal to or above 1.5 °C.

Average global temperature for the last 12 months (August 2023 – July 2024) 0.76 °C above the 1991–2020 average. and 1.64 °C higher than the pre-industrial average of 1850–1900.

2024 will be the warmest year on record

The global temperature anomaly in 2024 (January–July) is 0.70°C warmer than the 1991–2020 average and 0.27°C warmer than the same period in 2023. The average anomaly for the remaining months of this year is expected to decrease by at least 0.23°C for 2024 will not be warmer than 2023.. This has rarely happened in the entire ERA5 dataset, raising the likelihood that 2024 will be the warmest year on record.

The average European temperature in July 2024 was 1.49 °C above the 1991–2020 average July temperature, which makes this month the second warmest July registered in Europe after July 2010.

European temperatures were above average in southern and eastern Europe, but close to or below average in northwestern Europe. From Europe, Temperatures were above average in the western United States and western Canada.most of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as eastern Antarctica.

Temperatures were below average in West Antarctica and parts of the United States, South America and Australia.

The sea surface temperature in July 2024 in the 60°S-60°N region was 20.88°C, the second highest value recorded for the month and only 0.01°C lower than July 2023. This marks the end of a 15 month period. in which the SST was the warmest in the ERA5 data record for the corresponding month of the year.

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In the equatorial Pacific Ocean, temperatures were below average, which indicates the development of La Niñabut air temperatures over the ocean in many regions remained unusually high. (Europe Press)