sAccording to the NCEI, the average surface temperature exceeded the 15.5°C average in the 20th century by 1.22°C.
The extreme heat particularly affected much of Africa and South America, where previous records were exceeded by 0.51 and 0.82 degrees Celsius, respectively.
One of the biggest impacts of the heat in South America was an “early and extended drought in the Pantanal,” the world’s largest tropical wetlands, where in June there were more than 2,500 forest fires, the highest number since such incidents were recorded.
Meanwhile, in Europe, this was the hottest month on record, exceeding the monthly average by 2.55 degrees Celsius, according to NCEI, members of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, its acronym in English), which began carrying out these studies 175 years ago.
June was also very hot for the oceans, with average temperatures 0.98°C above average after the Menino climate event. [El Niño].
In this sense, the waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean are particularly affected, a region that has just suffered from Hurricane Beryl.
In terms of precipitation, June was drier than average in most of the western and far eastern United States and Alaska, as well as in the area extending from North Africa to southeastern Europe, much of the Russian Federation, northwestern China, and areas of southern and eastern Australia.
This year, NOAA is projecting a 60% chance that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, and it’s no surprise that it will be among the top five hottest years on record.
On Monday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the climate monitoring component of the European Space Programme, reported that June was the 13th hottest month on record worldwide.
The average surface air temperature, according to Copernicus, was 16.66°C, 0.67°C higher than the 1991-2020 average for that month, and 0.14°C above the previous maximum, set in June 2023.
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