July will likely be the world’s hottest month on record and possibly the warmest in 120,000 years, according to climate scientists. It broke the prior record set for the full month of July in 2019 of 16.63C (61.93F) to reach 16.95C (62.51F) surface air temperature. July 6 was the hottest day, according to ERA5 data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service with the global average temperature reaching 17.08C (62.74F). Last year, it is estimated that there were more than 61,000 heat-related deaths during Europe’s hottest season on record. All told, more than 12.5 million hectares (30.9 million acres) have burned in Canada in 2023 so far, surpassing a previous record of approximately 7.1 million hectares (17.5 million acres) in 1995.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 31, 2023 14:13 UTC