'Heatwaves and extreme weather': July was the second hottest month ever

Temperatures narrowly missed the record set in July last year.

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00:00July was the second hottest month ever recorded, according to data published on Thursday by

00:07the European Climate Agency Copernicus, the air temperature averaged 16.91 degrees Celsius.

00:16The margin with July 2023, the hottest month on record, is very small, just 0.04 decimal

00:23points, but other records were set this month.

00:45These indications bring to an end a cycle of 13 consecutive monthly temperature records,

00:50which began in June last year. But for Copernicus experts, the margin between the data observed

00:56between 2023 and 2024 is so slim that the overall context of global warming remains the same.

01:20In Europe, it was mainly the south and east of the continent that experienced the highest

01:40temperature anomalies in July. In contrast, the west saw average or even slightly lower

01:48temperatures compared to last year.