Global temperatures break records: August goes down in history as the hottest month
According to data from the European climate service Copernicus and NOAA, August became the world's hottest month due to human-induced climate change and the strong El Nino effect.
The European climate service Copernicus has announced that August has gone down in records as the world's hottest month due to human-induced climate change and the El Nino effect.
Global Temperature Record
The European climate service Copernicus has announced that August has gone down in records as the world's hottest month due to human-induced climate change and the strong El Nino. Last month, the global average temperature was measured at 62.53 Fahrenheit (16.96 Celsius).
Paris Agreement Threshold
Globally, August came in at 1.65 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the long-term 1.5-degree threshold set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Historic Temperatures in the US
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the summer season in the United States surpassed the Dust Bowl period of 1936 to go down in history as the hottest summer period on record.