2023-07-10 18:19:44
The week of July 3 to 9 was the hottest week on record globally, the UN meteorological organization announced on Monday July 10, after several daily temperature records were broken.
“The world has just experienced the hottest week on record, according to preliminary data”said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in a statement, after an already record month of June due to the combination of climate change caused by human activity with the first effects of the return of the El Niño weather phenomenon.
Temperatures are breaking records both on land and in the oceans, “with potentially devastating effects on ecosystems and the environment”said the WMO.
New records should fall
“We are in uncharted territory and we can expect further record breaking as the El Niño phenomenon develops and its effects will be felt well into 2024”said Christopher Hewitt, Director of Climate Services at WMO.
El Niño is a natural climate phenomenon associated with warming ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The current episode will likely continue with “at least moderate intensity”again according to the WMO.
A previous record in August 2016
According to Copernicus, Thursday July 6 was the hottest day, with an average temperature of 17.08°C, but with an insignificant margin for scientists of 0.02°C and 0.01°C over that of Wednesday and of Friday.
This series of unprecedented temperatures began on July 3 (16.88 ° C), beating the previous record of 16.80 ° C dating from August 2016, the hottest year ever measured by Copernicus, whose data goes back until 1940, when El Niño intensity was strong.
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