Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth

Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average global temperature slightly exceeded the record set last July.

Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. 

The average global temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius, or about 62.76 Fahrenheit, which is just above the record of 17.08 C set on July 6, 2023.

“We are now in truly uncharted territory and as the climate keeps warming, we are bound to see new records being broken in future months and years,” Carlo Buontempo, the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement.

So far, July of this year and July 2023 were both much hotter than the average from 1991 to 2020, according to Copernicus data. Before last year, the hottest day ever recorded was Aug. 12, 2016, when the average temperature reached 16.8 degrees.

Last week, heat waves across southern and central Europe brought wildfires to southern Italy and forced Greece’s Culture Ministry to close the Acropolis for several hours, according to The Associated Press. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/hottest-day-ever-recorded-rcna163262

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