July had the two hottest days on record! 2024 could be the hottest year
2024-08-08
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On the 8th, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU climate monitoring agency, released the latest data showing that July 2024 was the second hottest July in the world since data records began, and the second hottest month in the world since data records began. Data from the Copernicus Climate Change ERA5 dataset showed that the average surface temperature was 16.91°C, 0.68°C higher than the average value from July 1991 to 2020, and only 0.04°C lower than the highest value set in July 2023.
That marked 13 months in which each was the warmest of the year in the agency's data record. While unusual, a similar streak of monthly global temperature records occurred during the last strong El Niño in 2015/2016.
Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said: "Globally, July 2024 will be almost as hot as July 2023, the warmest month on record. July 2024 saw two of the warmest days on record. The overall picture has not changed and our climate continues to warm. The damaging impacts of climate change began long before 2023 and will continue until global greenhouse gas emissions reach net zero."
July saw two of the hottest days on record
Although the average temperature in July 2024 was not as high as in July 2023, the Earth experienced the two warmest days in the Copernicus Climate Change ERA5 data record: on July 22 and 23, the global daily average temperatures reached 17.16°C and 17.15°C respectively. Because the difference was so small, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it could not be completely sure which day was the hottest.
Meanwhile, the July temperature was 1.48°C above the estimated July average for 1850-1900, marking the end of a 12-month streak with temperatures reaching or exceeding 1.5°C.
Meanwhile, the global average temperature over the past 12 months (August 2023 to July 2024) was 0.76°C above the 1991-2020 average and 1.64°C above the pre-industrial average from 1850 to 1900.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said that the global temperature anomaly from the beginning of 2024 to date (January-July) was 0.70°C above the 1991-2020 average and 0.27°C above the same period in 2023.The average temperature anomaly for the remaining months of the year must drop by at least 0.23°C so that the temperature in 2024 is no higher than that in 2023.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service explained that this rarely happens, so it is becoming increasingly likely that 2024 will be the warmest year on record.
On the 6th, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that throughout July, hundreds of millions of people around the world experienced scorching heat, and many parts of the world saw the hottest day on record. From June 2023 to June 2024, the global average monthly temperature has set a new record for 13 consecutive months.
The WMO said that over the past year, widespread and prolonged intense heat waves hit all continents, with multiple regions in at least 10 countries recording daily temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius.
Europe's second warmest July on record
By region, the average temperature in Europe in July 2024 was 1.49°C higher than the average temperature in July 1991-2020, making that month the second hottest July on record in Europe after July 2010.
The highest temperatures were above average in southern and eastern Europe, but near or below average in northwestern Europe.
Outside Europe, above-average temperatures were seen in the western United States and western Canada, much of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and east Antarctica.
Temperatures were below average in western Antarctica, parts of the United States, South America and Australia.
Additionally, the equatorial Pacific is currently warmer than average, suggesting that La Niña is developing, but ocean temperatures remain abnormally high in many areas.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said one reason for the spike was well above average temperatures across much of Antarctica, with some areas experiencing abnormal temperatures of more than 10 degrees Celsius above average. This was the second such heatwave the continent had experienced in the past two years.
(This article comes from China Business Network)
