It was a summer for the record books in Denver. The average temperature (highs and lows) was 75 degrees. This is only the second time in Denver's history with an average summer temperature at or above 75 degrees.
“During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record. This string of record temperatures is increasing the likelihood of 2024 being the hottest year on record,” the clima...
Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus, said: "During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, thehottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record. "This string of record temperatures is increasing the likelihood of 2024 being...
“The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. “Climate breakdown has begun.” So far, 2023 is the second hottest year on record, behind 2016, according to Copernicus. read more from climate and envir...
The record heat comes as the U.S. continues to battle weather extremes. In recent weeks, communities across the nation have seen spring- and summer-like temperatures, extreme rain and flooding, massive snowfall, and fire weather conditions that drove Texas' largest-ever...
It's no secret that we have had one of the hottest summers on record in 2024. The heat was especially bad here in southern Indiana. We've seen temperatures in the 90s several days in a row this summer, and that doesn't even include the humidity and heat index. There were quite a ...
The year 2024 is poised to become the warmest year on record, with global average temperatures expected to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, likely reaching 1.55 degrees Celsius. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), from January to October 2024, global ...
"Our planet has just endured a season of simmering — the hottest summer on record," U.N. secretary-general António Guterres said in astatement. "Climate breakdown has begun." The summer was characterized by relentless heat waves around the world. In July, numerous countries — including the...
This long and blistering summer averaged 1.76 degrees hotter than normal, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Sept. 2. The June through August heat ties with 2023's average for the hottest summer since 1898 when statistics became available. ...
This summer in France has been the second hottest on record and the hottest since 2003, national weather service Météo-France has reported. “Not only have hot extremes been frequent, but there have been no really cool days nationwide since early July,” the service stated. ...