The European climate service Copernicus says that Earth Sunday sizzled to the hottest day measured by humans, yet another heat record that shattered in the past couple of years. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit), beating the record set July 6, 2023 by .
A firefighter hoses down the garage of Noel Piri’s home that was destroyed by the Hawarden Fire in Riverside, Calif., on Sunday, July 21, 2024. WASHINGTON — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday.shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius , beating the record set just last year on July 6, 2023 by .
July is generally the hottest month of the year globally, mostly because there is more land in the Northern hemisphere, so seasonal patterns there drive global temperatures. Sure Sunday’s mark is notable but “what really kind of makes your eyeballs jump out” is how the last few years have been so much hotter than previous marks, said Northern Illinois University climate scientist Victor Gensini, who wasn’t part of the Copernicus team. “It’s certainly a fingerprint of climate change.”
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