Earth hits hottest summer on record in 2023 and 2024

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The Earth has just experienced its hottest summer on record, the European Union?s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Friday.

It says the new record surpasses last year's, driven by human-caused climate change and a temporary boost from the El Ni?o weather pattern.

According to Copernicus, the average temperature for the Northern Hemisphere's summer months ? June, July, and August ? was 16.8 degrees Celsius (62.24 degrees Fahrenheit).

That is 0.03 degrees Celsius (0.05 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the previous record set last year.

Copernicus data goes back to 1940, but records from the U.S., U.K., and Japan, which began in the mid-19th century, suggest that the past decade has been the hottest in about 120,000 years.

Both August 2023 and August 2024 were tied as the hottest Augusts globally, with temperatures reaching 16.82 degrees Celsius (62.27 degrees Fahrenheit).

July 2024 was close to setting a record, but extreme heat in June 2024 made this summer the warmest overall, said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus.