July Was Earth’s Third-Hottest on Record, Scientists Say

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Brussels: Last month was the third-warmest July ever recorded on Earth, featuring extreme weather events and setting a new national temperature record in Türkiye, according to climate scientists.

Data released by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows the average global surface air temperature in July reached 16.68 degrees Celsius—0.45°C above the 1991–2020 average for the month.

Among the most notable events was Türkiye recording its highest-ever temperature of 50.5°C (122.9°F), underscoring the intensifying impacts of global warming.

“Two years after the hottest July on record, the recent streak of global temperature records is over—for now,” said Carlo Buontempo, Director of C3S. “But this doesn’t mean climate change has stopped. We continued to witness the effects of a warming world in events such as extreme heat and catastrophic floods in July.”

While July did not break the all-time record set in previous years, scientists warn that the ongoing trend of extreme weather is consistent with long-term climate change driven by human activity.