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[eu agency: august this year is the hottest august on record] cailian news agency reported on september 6 that the copernicus climate change service, the eu climate monitoring agency, released a report on september 6 local time saying that the past august was tied with august 2023 as the hottest august since the agency began recording in 1940. the report said that the global average surface temperature in august this year was 16.82 degrees celsius, 1.51 degrees celsius higher than the pre-industrial level (1850 to 1900). data show that august this year is the 13th month in the past 14 months in which the global average surface temperature exceeded the pre-industrial level by 1.5 degrees celsius. in addition, the global average temperature in the past 12 months is the highest level in any 12-month period on record, 1.64 degrees celsius higher than the pre-industrial average temperature. samantha burgess, deputy director of the copernicus climate change service, said that in the past three months, the earth has experienced the hottest june and august on record, the hottest day and the hottest northern hemisphere summer. this series of record high temperatures increases the possibility that 2024 will become the hottest year on record.