Cooler July ends heat record run

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

AVERAGE DAILY GLOBAL SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

Jul 22, 2024: 17.16°C, new warmest day on record

Jul 6, 2023: 17.08°C, previous warmest day

On average, July was 16.91°C, 0.04°C low than July 2023 average

Despite slight drop in temperature, trend is still upwards

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Sources: AP, Copernicus