Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
July 21 was Earth's hottest day on record, overtaking the record set last July during the hottest year in millennia. The European Copernicus Climate Change Service found that Sunday's average air surface temperature soared to 17.09°C , or 62.76°F, according to preliminary data. While that is only 0.1°C warmer than the previous record—set on July 6, 2023—it was nearly 3°C higher than the pre-2023 record, set at 16.8°C on August 13, 2016.
Before Sunday, the last hottest day on record was July 6, 2023, which was also the fourth consecutive day to break that record. The previous record was set at 17.08°C, or 62.74°F, according to Copernicus. However, since the 2016 temperature record was first broken on July 3, 2023, 57 days in the past year have also surpassed it.What's more, C3S found that the last 10 years have been the 10 years on record with the highest average daily temperatures.
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