2023-07-05 19:30:00
Tuesday, July 4, was the warmest day ever recorded and this week the global average temperature broke a record for the second day in a rowaccording to preliminary data published this Wednesday by the US Weather Observatory.
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) specified that the average air temperature of the earth’s surface ranged between 17 and 18 °. The previous record dates from Monday the 3rd of the same month when for the first time the indices showed 17.01°C, a new indicator of the climate impact of burning fossil fuels.
Summer in the northern hemisphere arrived breaking record temperatures. Prior to this season, the earth’s average air temperature had never exceeded the 17°C line. In 2022, it had reached the record of 16.92°C. However, the average temperature between 1979 and 2000 fluctuated between 12 and 16°.
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yesterday’s news
The European Union meteorological observatory, Copernicus, had confirmed Monday the 3rd as the warmest day in its records that began in 1940.
In his report he specified: “The global average temperature at 2 meters from the surface reached 16.88°C on Monday, surpassing the previous record of 16.80°C, set in August 2016.” This claim became obsolete in less than 24 hours, as the temperature increase continued.
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anticipation of more heat
According to specialists, the record achieved yesterday could be broken again this season since the global average temperature will continue to rise until the end of July and the beginning of August, not only due to the boreal summer, but also due to the El Niño phenomenon that arrived in the Pacific Ocean. according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The global warming that the planet is going through was reflected in the indices that Copernicus shared last month. Where global average temperatures were the highest recorded for the beginning of June, according to AFP.
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