On Tuesday, the world witnessed its hottest day ever. Data from the United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction shows that average global air temperature reached 17.18°C.
On Monday, the centre recorded average global air temperature of 17.01°C. This recent record, exceeds the centre previous highest of 16.92°C recorded in August of 2016. And experts have warned that this year’s warmest days are still to come
This development has been corroborated by records from Copernicus Climate Change Service. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday tweeted that “global average 2m #temperature reached 16.88°C on Monday.” According to Copernicus Climate Change Service, Monday’s temperature breaks the previous record of 16.80°C from August 2016. According Copernicus Climate Change Service, Preliminary data from the fifth generation ECMWF dataset shows that the earth is witnessing its hottest global temperature ever recorded.
Reacting to Copernicus Climate Change Service tweet, @FabiusMaximus01 says the development is a pointer to another big El Nino.
El Niño is a natural climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean that brings warmer-than-average sea-surface temperatures. It has a major influence on weather across the globe, affecting billions of people.
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In the US, the southern states have been suffering under an intense heat dome in recent weeks. Texas is reportedly trapped under a “heat dome”. This heatwave has expanded through parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and all the way across the Gulf coast leaving tens of millions to facing excessive heat warnings. In the last week of June, temperature in Houston climbed to 38°C.
In China, an enduring heatwave continued with temperatures above 35°C. North Africa has seen temperatures near 50°C. According to Trading Economics, Nigeria’s temperature averaged 27.01°C from 1901 until 2021, reaching an all-time high of 28.10°C.
In Ukraine, Vernadsky Research Base in the white continent’s Argentine Islands recently broke its July temperature record as temperature reached 8.7°C.
