The planet had its warmest July on record 'by a long shot,' according to NASA and NOAA. The new milestone is just the latest in a series of worrying climate extremes in recent months, including record-warmth across the world’s oceans.
A member of the Prado fire crew tries to cool off in the 105 degree heat while putting out hot spots at the Rabbit fire in Beaumont, Calif., last month.The planet had its warmest July on record “by a long shot” — and very likely also had its warmest-ever month in 174 years of record-keeping — according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
, the scientists said. NOAA said July 2023 had the highest monthly sea surface temperature anomaly, which is a measure of how much warmer or cooler temperatures are from the long-term average, at 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center have said there is a greater than 95% chance that El Niño will continue through winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
The new July records are stark on their own, but they also follow a broader warming trend that has been playing out in recent decades.Last month was the 47th consecutive July, and the 533rd consecutive overall month, with temperatures above the 20th-century average, according to NOAA.
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