Earth registers hottest July on record: US agency

Dried up rice fields in San Miguel, Bulacan due to the presence of a strong El Nino in the Philippines, in this photo taken on February 26, 2024.  Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

EL NINO- BULACAN

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172351038324320240226-el-nino-san-miguel-bulacan-JC-1245.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Dried up rice fields in San Miguel, Bulacan due to the presence of a strong El Nino in the Philippines, in this photo taken on February 26, 2024.  <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON - Last month was the hottest July on record, making it the fourteenth straight record-breaking month, a US environmental agency reported Monday.</p><p>The monthly report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also said that 2024 now has a 77 percent chance of being the warmest year on record.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1823009662091841851&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-08-13T01%3A36%3A55.586982%3Aa01dc538-7106-426e-8729-a2606c56ac33%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=a0dadaebbd71f0b8ab5ab0af6676f6edec30d62d&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:498px;height:788px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1823009662091841851"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The July calculation by NOAA contradicted the EU&#x27;s Copernicus climate monitor, which -- using a different dataset -- calculated last month&#x27;s average temperature as being slightly lower than July 2023.</p><p>However both agencies agree on the alarming trend of record-breaking heat, with the past year seeing month after month of new highs.</p><p>According to NOAA, whose historical data goes back 175 years, 2024 will definitely be one of the five hottest years on record.</p><p>In July, the global temperature was 2.18 degrees Fahrenheit (1.21 degrees Celsius) above the 20th century average of 60.4F (15.8C), the US agency said.</p><p>The month saw a series of heat waves across Mediterranean and Gulf countries, NOAA said.</p><p>Africa, Europe and Asia recorded their hottest July on record, while North America was the second hottest.</p><p>Ocean temperatures were their second warmest ever in July, according to NOAA -- the same reading as Copernicus.</p><p>Scientists at Copernicus noted last week that &quot;air temperatures over the ocean remained unusually high over many regions&quot; despite a swing from the El Nino weather pattern that helped fuel a spike in global temperatures to its opposite La Nina, which has a cooling effect.</p><p>Last year was also the warmest year on record.</p><p>&quot;The devastating effects of climate change started well before 2023 and will continue until global greenhouse gas emissions reach net zero,&quot; she said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus.</p><div><strong>la/des/st</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>WASHINGTON - Last month was the hottest July on record, making it the fourteenth straight record-breaking month, a US environmental agency reported Monday.</p>

WASHINGTON - Last month was the hottest July on record, making it the fourteenth straight record-breaking month, a US environmental agency reported Monday.

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Earth registers hottest July on record: US agency

Earth registers hottest July on record: US agency

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Published Aug 13, 2024 09:00 AM PHT

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