June-August 2024Temperature measured worldwide for the same monthsThe 1991-2020 average is 0.69 degrees, again the same months In 2023It beat its record by 0.66 degrees.
Summer 2024 breaks records in Europe
Summer 2024It was also the ‘hottest summer’ in Europe, exceeding the 1991-2020 average by 1.54 degrees and the previous record set in 2022 by 1.34 degrees.
The world is getting warmer: Global summer temperatures are increasing
Temperatures, East of Antarctica, the US state of Texas, Mexico, Canada, northeastern Africa, Iran, China, Japan and Australia abovewas recorded.
Eastern Russia remains below average
East of Russiaand Alaska in North America, the eastern United States, southern South America, Pakistan and the Sahel region, where temperatures are above average underrecorded.
‘It will have more devastating consequences’
In the report CopernicusSamantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Climate Change Service (C3S), was quoted as saying:
“This string of record temperatures increases the likelihood that 2024 will be the hottest year on record. The heat-related events we have seen this summer will have even more devastating consequences for people and the planet unless we take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
