August was world's joint-hottest month on record, scientists say
Copernicus said record sea surface temperatures and a strong El Nino helped drive the hottest August on record, with global air temperatures 1.65 C above pre-industrial levels.
- Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, according to European climate service Copernicus, with global temperatures reaching 1.65 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and exceeding the 1.5 degrees Celsius Paris climate agreement threshold.
- While El Niño contributed to the heat, scientists emphasized fossil fuel emissions as the overwhelming driver, with Samantha Burgess, strategic climate lead for Copernicus, noting El Niño adds only one or two tenths of a degree Celsius compared to heat-trapping gases from burning coal, oil and gas.
- The Northern Hemisphere experienced its hottest summer on record, with U.S. summer temperatures averaging 23.54 degrees Celsius, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced summer in the Lower 48 states was hotter than the peak of the devastating Dust Bowl in 1936.
- Samantha Burgess warned climate impacts have shifted from abstract concerns to directly disrupting daily lives through school closures, hospital overwhelm and infrastructure failure, stating "the reality is we will get more of these conditions that we've seen this summer."
- Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, Berkeley Earth, projects 2026 will likely beat 2024 as the warmest year on record, with 2027 potentially reaching 1.8 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels as El Niño strengthens in coming months.
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Copernicus: August was the world’s joint hottest month on record, pushing global temperatures back above 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
August 2026 was the joint warmest month ever recorded, tied with July 2023. Last month also saw the average sea surface temperature (SST) over the extra-polar ocean reach a record high, due to global heating from burning fossil fuels and rapidly increasing SSTs in the equatorial Pacific associated with strong El Niño conditions – as reported by the Copernicus Climate Change Service […]
While August was level with global heat record, Western Europe can look back on its hottest summer ever
August ended the warmest summer on record in Western Europe. In Finland, August had normal average temperatures.
August was hottest month ever recorded globally, scientists say
The EU’s climate monitor said on Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer. In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the UN warned that until humanity weaned off fossil fuels, the planet would only push deeper into uncharted territory. Copernicus observations go back to 1940 but othe…
The warmest August of all time was recorded this year on the planet, according to Copernicus. The planet just experienced its warmest August on record, while Europe experienced the worst summer in its history, according to data released today by the European weather agency Copernicus. With an average global temperature of 16.96°C, August was the warmest month ever measured, regardless of the season, the European institution, whose data date back…
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