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Things are heating up this week, as Sunday and Monday set and reset the record for the planet’s hottest days on record since at least 1940, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service in Europe.
Sunday’s global average temperature hit 62.76 degrees Fahrenheit, which surpassed the old record set on July 6, 2023, of 62.74 degrees, according to Copernicus .
Then, on Monday, the record was set again, with the global average temperature hitting 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, Copernicus shared.
The previous record, broken on Sunday and then again on Monday, was set last July. It is believed to have been the hottest day in thousands of years, according to climate scientists who study tree ring records, ice cores, and other paleoclimate data.
The director of Copernicus, Carlo Buontempo, shared that current temperatures and weather patterns are unlike anything we have seen.
“We are now in truly uncharted territory, and as the climate keeps warming, we are bound to see new records being broken in future months and years,” Buontempo shared with Axios .
Minneapolis-based meteorologist Paul Douglas shared with Audacy that current climate trends will affect more than people realize, and it’s already happening.
“Here in the United States, we’re going to be in better shape for whatever happens. And it’s already happening,” Douglas said. “I mean, we’re seeing more extremes more often. And if you think I’m making that up, just look at how much you’re paying for insurance, homeowner’s insurance. And that’s because the insurance companies have to price risk into their premiums.”
The last 13 months have been the warmest ever on record, with the world’s oceans sitting at record levels of warmth for 15 straight months.
Now, climate experts are sharing that this year could be the Earth’s hottest since at least the pre-industrial era and likely for at least 100,000 years before.
However, Copernicus shared that it is too early to tell how the remainder of the year will shake out.
“To date, 2024 has been sufficiently warm for it to be quite possible that the full year will be warmer than 2023, but the exceptional warmth of the last four months of 2023 makes it too early to predict with confidence which year will be the warmer,” Copernicus shared.
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