Monday’s scorching temperatures were yet another heat record broken in the past couple of years.
The hottest day on Earth occurred on Monday as sweltering conditions beat a record set the day before as countries worldwide felt the heat.Citing data published by Copernicus, a European climate change service, the Associated Press reported that Monday broke the previous day’s record by 0.06 degrees Celsius .Copernicus’ preliminary data shows the global average temperature on Monday was 17.15 degrees Celsius, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit.
While 2024 has been very warm, what propelled this week into new territory was a warmer-than-usual Antarctic winter, per Copernicus. According to the AP, the same thing happened on the southern continent in 2023 when the record was set in early July.RELATED: Earth sees hottest day on record for third straight dayClimate scientists tell the Associated Press that the world is now as warm as it was more than 100,000 years ago because of human-caused climate change.
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