The past week has seen an extraordinary string of record-breaking average global air temperatures, the hottest since instrumental records began in the 1850s.
Global temperatures once again hit a new record high on 6 July, with average global air temperature recorded 2 metres above Earth’s surface reaching 17.23°C , according to preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThat surpassed the joint record set on 4 and 5 July of 17.18°C , which itself had smashed the record set on 3 July of 17.01°C . The past seven days have been the hottest on Earth since instrumental records began in the 1850s.
“The situation we are witnessing now is the demonstration that climate change is out of control,” UN secretary-general António Guterres , in a statement. “If we persist in delaying key measures that are needed, I think we are moving into a catastrophic situation, as the last two records in temperature demonstrates.”The records were partly confirmed by data from the European Union’s climate monitoring service Copernicus, which said itsNew ScientistPrevious to this week, the next highest temperature on record was recorded jointly in August 2016 and July 2022, when average global temperatures reached 16.
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