According to the statement made by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average surface air temperature recorded worldwide on Sunday, July 21 reached 17.09 degrees Celsius. This value went down in history as the highest temperature recorded since the 1940s. The previous record was recorded as 17.08 degrees Celsius on July 6, 2023.
Carlo Buontempo, Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, In his statement, he stated that even a temperature increase of just 0.01 degrees Celsius since 2023 is a significant difference. Buontempo pointed out that similar records could be broken more frequently in the future due to the impact of climate change.