2023-07-05 06:32:16
Although in La Laguna yesterday, July 3, it was a cloudy and rainy day, on Earth it represented the warmest day on record.
For the first time the global average temperature exceeded 17 degrees Celsius recorded two meters above the planet’s surfaceaccording to data obtained by the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States (NOAA, for its acronym in English).
The highest record was 16.92 degrees Celsius, reached in August 2016 and then in July 2022, according to New Scientist.
(CLIMATE REANALYZER)
Such a high temperature coincides with the start of “El Niño”announced today by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a phenomenon that represents an increase in temperatures on a global scale.
At the beginning of last June, also for the first time in a summer month, a temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels was recorded.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reported that global temperatures greater than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels have been observed beforebut until now it was in the northern hemisphere during the winter and spring months.
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