It is likely that July 2023 will be the hottest month ever in the history of climate records

Weather of Arabia - The World Meteorological Organization, in conjunction with the Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service, issued a report on the climate that prevailed in the world during the month of July 2023.

And according to data from the European Center from the Copernicus Service, the first three weeks of July were the warmest, and July is likely to be the hottest month ever in the history of climate records, as large parts of North America, Asia and southern Europe were exposed to severe heat waves. It led to the outbreak of forest fires in many countries such as Canada, Greece and Algeria.

1. Recording the highest average daily temperature

The world witnessed the hottest day ever recorded on July 6, which broke the global average temperature record set in 2016. The global average temperature rose above 17°C for the first time, reaching 17.08°C.

2. The highest monthly average global temperature

The average global surface air temperature for the first 23 days of July was 16.95°C, surpassing the record of 16.63°C set for the entire month of July 2019, which is currently the warmest July on record. Later data is likely to show that the full monthly average temperature of July 2023 will exceed the average temperature of July 2019 by a large margin, making July 2023 the hottest July and the warmest month on record in the history of climate records.

3. Global sea surface temperatures are well above average

Average daily sea surface temperatures over the oceans (60°S - 60°N) have remained at record values ​​for this time of year since April 2023, as global sea surface temperatures rose to unprecedented levels for this time of year, and The (mean daily sea surface temperature) value reached 20.94 °C, 0.01 °C from the highest value recorded on March 29, 2016 (20.95 °C).

This rise was also noticeable in the Mediterranean basin, where the central and western countries of the Mediterranean were affected by heat waves during the past weeks, which led to a rise in the temperature of the Mediterranean surface from its usual rates by more than 4-6 degrees Celsius, especially in the part west of it.

Southern Europe and the Arab Maghreb countries witnessed a severe and exhausting heat wave during the month of July, with which temperatures rose to unprecedented values ​​and caused violent forest fires to break out in many areas, and thousands were evacuated after forest fires broke out in separate parts, according to the authorities. .

Where Rome recorded nearly 43 degrees Celsius, and thus the highest temperature in its history was recorded in its climatic records, while Sardinia in Italy recorded about 48.2 degrees Celsius, which threatened the record for the highest temperature in history recorded in Europe, which was 48.8 in August 2021.

And the Greek meteorologist said that the country is witnessing the most severe heat wave in July in 50 years, and this led to the outbreak of violent fires and the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists from the Greek island of Rhodes, where forest fires threaten populated areas.

On the Asian side, China recorded the highest temperature in the history of its climate records, exceeding 52 degrees Celsius in the Xinjiang region in western China, thus breaking the record set in Turpan in July 2017, when the temperature reached 50.6 degrees Celsius.