Global temperatures reached a record high in August, matching the warmest month ever recorded since at least 1940. The average global temperature was 16.96 °C, which is 0.85 °C above the average from 1991 to 2020. Ocean temperatures also reached historic highs, with global sea surface temperatures matching the record for the warmest monthly average.
The summer months of June to August were equally as warm as the summer of 2024, making it the warmest season on record. Further details on this record-breaking heat are available from the Servicio de Cambio Climático de Copernicus, a European climate monitoring agency.
More information on the record temperatures can be found through reports from Andrew Freedman, CNN, and the Servicio de Cambio Climático de Copernicus.
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