The northern hemisphere experienced the warmest July since records began. Now we already know that. But what most people don’t know is the extent of the jump in temperatures, and it’s what bothers climate scientists.
While it will take some time to verify all the data, a preliminary forecast by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service predicts global average temperatures for July to be 0.32°C higher than the previous record in June 2019. This difference may not seem like much, but June 2019 was just 0.04°C higher than the previous record, July 2016, and even that was much more than the increase we usually see. Such a leap has never happened since the global records began.
These numbers are from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and do not include the last week of the month. Other tools and analyzes arrive at slightly different numbers, but all agree that July is much warmer than any month we’ve seen before. There are no signs that the end of July will change the overall picture.
ECMWF’s Dr. “The record-breaking temperatures are part of the sharp upward trend in global temperatures,” Carlo Buontempo said in a statement. Anthropogenic emissions are ultimately the main driver of these rising temperatures,” he says. “The record in July is unlikely to remain isolated this year, seasonal forecasts of the C3S suggest that temperatures in terrestrial areas will likely be well above average, suggesting that the climatology for that time of year will be 80 percent. It shows that it will exceed the first slice.”
Professor Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization, said: “The extreme weather conditions that affected millions of people in July are unfortunately the harsh reality of climate change and a precursor to the future.” Climate action is a necessity, not a luxury.”
26 days at a time…
Prior to last month, there hadn’t been a single day that the world’s average temperature had exceeded 17°C since records began. According to estimates made by the Climate Reanalyzer site at the University of Maine, 26 days passed this temperature in July.
Breaking a global record brought with it countless local and regional records. Notable examples include China’s highest-ever temperature of 52.2°C on July 16, the candidate for the highest midnight record temperature ever recorded (48.9°C), and possibly the warmest ocean ever taken in Florida. temperature measurement.
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