According to measurements by the American climate authority NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), last month was the warmest July worldwide since records began in 1880. The average temperature over land and ocean surfaces was 0.93 degrees Celsius above the average of the 20th century NOAA announced on Friday that it was 15.8 degrees.
This means that July 2021 exceeded the same months of 2016, 2019 and 2020 - the previous record holders according to NOAA - by 0.01 degrees Celsius.
"July is typically the warmest month of the year in the world, but July 2021 surpassed itself as the hottest July and month ever recorded," said NOAA CEO Rick Spinrad.
"This new record adds to the disturbing and corrosive path that climate change is preparing for the earth."
According to NOAA, it was particularly warm in Asia.
In Europe, it was the second warmest July ever recorded.
The European Copernicus Climate Change Service had previously announced this on the basis of its own calculations.
According to the Copernicus records, it was the third warmest July worldwide, so it was only slightly below the values of 2016 and 2019.