Chinanews client, September 16th, the World Meteorological Organization said on the 15th local time that the northern hemisphere experienced the hottest August in history.

WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that this summer was the hottest since the northern hemisphere had weather records.

Data show that from June to August this year, the temperature in the northern hemisphere was 1.17 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature.

This surpassed the previous record of the hottest summer set in 2016 and 2019.