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US Climate Protection Agency: July was the warmest month since measurements began

2021-08-13T19:30:13.707Z


July is typically the warmest month of the year worldwide. After 2016, 2019 and 2020, the summer month "outdid itself" this year, according to the US climate agency - it has never been so hot.


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According to measurements by the US climate agency NOAA, last month was the warmest July worldwide since records began in 1880. The average temperature over land and ocean surfaces was 0.93 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average of 15.8 degrees announced the NOAA.

This means that July 2021 exceeded the same months of 2016, 2019 and 2020 - the previous record holders according to NOAA - by 0.01 degrees Celsius.

"July is typically the warmest month of the year in the world, but July 2021 has surpassed itself as the hottest July and month ever recorded," said NOAA CEO Rick Spinrad.

"This new record adds to the disturbing and corrosive path that climate change is preparing for the earth."

According to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), it was particularly warm in Asia.

In Europe, it was the second warmest July ever recorded.

The European Copernicus Climate Change Service had previously announced this on the basis of its own calculations.

According to the Copernicus records, it was the third warmest July worldwide, so it was only slightly below the values ​​of 2016 and 2019.

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Source: spiegel

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