Last month smashed through the previous temperature record for
the month of June - which was in 2019 - by a substantial margin,
Copernicus said.
Globally, June was just over 0.5C above the average temperature
for the same month in 1991-2020, Copernicus said, as climate
change pushes global temperatures to new records and short-term
weather patterns also drive temperature movements.
Above-average temperatures swept through countries including
India, Iran, Canada, while extreme heat in Mexico last month
caused more than 100 deaths and Beijing recorded its hottest
June day.
Scientists have said climate change combined with the emergence
this year of the El Nino weather pattern, which warms the
surface waters in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, have
fuelled recent record-breaking temperatures.
"This record is no surprise and a testament of climate change
progressing at a worrying pace," said Joeri Rogelj, a professor
of climate science at Imperial College London's Grantham
Institute.
"As the amplifying El Nino phenomenon develops further over the
coming months, it is not unexpected to see more global
temperature records broken," he said.
On Tuesday the world recorded its hottest day on record,
surpassing a record set just a day before on Monday, according
to Copernicus data, as North Africa, China and other regions
sizzle under heatwaves.
Global sea temperature also rose to a new record for the month
of June, with extreme marine heatwaves recorded around Ireland,
the United Kingdom and the Baltic Sea, Copernicus said. The
body's analysis is based on billions of measurements from
satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations.
Antarctic sea ice fell in June to its lowest extent for the
month in the satellite record, at 17% below average, Copernicus
said.
(Reporting by Julia Payne, Kate AbnettEditing by Toby Chopra and
Ros Russell)
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