MJP – On Sunday, July 21, the world experienced its warmest day ever recorded.
The weather report for July 21, 2024, was 17 degrees Celsius (62.76 Fahrenheit). The Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union reported that it was the warmest day on Earth since 1940 or before.
Last July, a temperature of 17.08 degrees Celsius was recorded as the previous record. Typically, global climate records are shattered by minuscule margins, a few degrees at most. Here, it was only 0.01 degrees Celsius higher than the record set in 2023.
This takes into account the average global afternoon and nocturnal temperatures.
Extreme heat is becoming more often and lasting longer as a result of global warming.
According to a recent study by researchers at Climate Central, the Red Cross, and World Weather Attribution, global warming has increased the frequency of exceptionally hot days by about one month in the past year. Heat waves caused by climate change were most severe in Florida, Arizona, and Hawaii. This summer, according to national climate reporter Chase Cain, it might mean.
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At 82 degrees, Miami tied last year’s record for the warmest day of the year (2023) on July 21. A high of 93 degrees was recorded throughout the middle of the day. Neither the high nor low temperatures in Fort Lauderdale, which ranged from 80 to 90 degrees, set new records for the day.
While these temperatures did not set any new records in the area, the heat wave did allow the world to shatter its previous record.
This summer has already seen record-breaking heat for hundreds of cities throughout the US. The Western United States and the Northeast have seen their warmest summer on record, with heat waves sweeping over Europe and Russia.
It is well-known that the northern hemisphere summer months of June through August experience the highest worldwide average temperatures.
The world’s highest temperature was 0.3 degrees lower than in 2023, a notable difference.
Record-breaking heat is becoming more likely as a result of human-caused climate change, which is also a driving factor for other types of extreme weather.
