BRUSSELS: July 2024 was recorded as the second hottest July globally, marking the end of a 13-month streak of record warmth, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. This period of elevated temperatures was significantly influenced by the El Nino weather pattern.
For July, temperatures were 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial baseline of 1850-1990, while the average temperature for the past 12 months was 1.64 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, largely attributed to climate change. During the month, two of the hottest days ever recorded were observed. Copernicus attributes these extreme temperatures mainly to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel industries and notes an unusual rise in ocean temperatures, even in regions typically unaffected by El Nino.
Julien Nicolas, a climate researcher at Copernicus, told Reuters that despite the end of the El Nino event, global temperature rises remain comparable to those of the previous year. He emphasized that long-term warming trends are strongly linked to human impact on the climate.
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