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Juli beëindigt 13 maanden aan wereldwijde warmterecords

By Ninian Carter

August 8, 2024 - Thanks to an ebbing El Niño weather pattern, the average global temperature for July has ended a 13-month run when each month was the warmest on record for that respective month of the year.

A string of 13 months of new global heat records has come to an end after July 2024 posted the second-warmest average temperature.

Although July this year was technically not quite as warm as July 2023 on average, the Earth did experienced its hottest day on record – Jul 22, 2024: 17.16°C.

Scientists for the European climate agency Copernicus, believe the slight average fall of just 0.04°C, is due to the ebbing of the natural El Niño climate pattern.

However, they added that the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing about the threat posed by climate change – with the trend most definitely still moving upwards.

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PUBLISHED: 08/08/2024; STORY: Graphic News
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