During the summer of 2020 ... a record number of hurricanes, wildfires and temperatures were recorded in the northern hemisphere

ArabiaWeather - A spokeswoman for the World Meteorological Organization, Claire Knowles, said that the northern hemisphere has witnessed the hottest summer on record so far.

The data indicates that from June to August, temperatures were above average 2.11 ° F (1.17 ° C) .

The northern hemisphere has seen the five warmest summers since 2015

The current summer in the northern hemisphere has surpassed the previous warmer periods recorded in 2016 and 2019, Nullis said, adding that the five hottest summers in the world have been recorded since 2015 .

She added that August 2020 was the second hottest month on record in the world, and it was the forty-fourth consecutive month and the 428th consecutively also in terms of temperatures higher than the average in the twentieth century. It was one of the warmest 10-month August on record since 1998 .

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"The heat has contributed to very devastating fires," said Ms. Nullis. As we know, the states of California, Oregon and Washington were the hardest hit, destroying entire neighborhoods, forcing hundreds and thousands of people to evacuate and tragically causing injuries.

The UN agency warned that in addition to the deaths and destruction, the fires have affected the air quality of millions of people and the sky has turned orange.

Threat of tropical cyclones

Ms. Nullis also warned that the US National Hurricane Center has issued warnings about "at least five" tropical cyclones over the Atlantic basin - correlating with the record for the most tropical cyclones there at one time.

She added that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so active that it is expected to exhaust the usual list of storm names. "If this happens, the Greek alphabet will only be used for the second time," she added.

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Source: UN News