Staff Writer
According to early measurements by US meteorologists published on Wednesday, Tuesday was the hottest day ever recorded as the worldwide average temperature soared to a new high for the second day in a row.
According to information gathered by a group affiliated with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average daily air temperature on the surface of the Earth hit 17.18 degrees Celsius (62.92 degrees Fahrenheit).
That much exceeded even the record measurement from the day before, which is a new indication of the effects of climate change brought on by the combustion of fossil fuels.
Data from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction, whose records date back to 1979, show that the worldwide average temperature surpassed 17 degrees Celsius for the first time on Monday.
The previous day record was 16.92 Celsius, which was set on July 24, 2022.
For reference, the global average air temperature, which varies from 12 to slightly under 17 degrees Celsius on any given day during the year, was 16.2 degrees on average in the first week of July from 1979 to 2000.
This alleged record hasn’t been verified by more measurements, but it might be broken once more as the northern hemisphere’s summer season gets underway.
In a statement provided to AFP on Wednesday, the EU climate monitoring organization Copernicus verified that Monday had been the warmest day recorded in its dataset going back to 1940. It is still unable to confirm the information for Tuesday.
Typically, the average worldwide temperature rises through the end of July or the beginning of August.
The average worldwide temperature even last month was the highest Copernicus had ever recorded for the beginning of June.
With the commencement of an El Nino weather phenomena in the Pacific Ocean, which the World Meteorological Organization certified on Monday is currently underway, temperatures are anticipated to soar even farther above historical averages over the course of the next year.
Additionally, the burning of fossil fuels, which makes up the majority of human activity, continues to release around 40 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year, which warms the globe.
