The planet's temperature on Sunday was the highest ever recorded by science during a period of accelerating global warming | Charlie Tribalu/AFP/Metsol Meteorology
Another record-breaking day on Earth since last year as global warming accelerates. According to preliminary data from the European Union's ERA5, the planet experienced the hottest day in recorded history on Sunday.
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According to the ERA5 global temperature analysis system, the average temperature on our planet on Sunday, July 21, reached 17.09 degrees Celsius, an unprecedented high value in the entire historical data series.
The record for the hottest day ever on the planet occurs during a period that began in the middle of last year when air and ocean temperatures reached unprecedented highs across the globe.
June 2024 was warmer on the planet than any previous June in the data record, with the average surface air temperature reaching 16.66 degrees Celsius, 0.67 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 June average and 0.14 degrees Celsius above the previous maximum set in June 2023, the Copernicus system reported on Monday.
This was the 13th consecutive month that global temperatures have broken records. Although unusual, a similar run of monthly global temperature records occurred previously in 2015/16, also during a strong El Niño.
June recorded a global average temperature 1.50°C above the June average estimated for 1850-1900, the pre-industrial reference period, making it the twelfth consecutive month to reach or exceed the 1.5°C threshold.
The global average temperature over the past 12 months (July 2023 to June 2024) is the highest on record, 0.76°C above the 1991-2020 average and 1.64°C above the pre-industrial average of 1850-1900.
The average sea surface temperature (SST) in June in the regions 60°S to 60°N (outside the poles) was 20.85°C, the highest value ever recorded for the month, marking the 15th consecutive month of record ocean temperatures.
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