FILE PHOTO: The sun sets during a heatwave, in Mexicali, Mexico July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Victor Medina/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded, according to preliminary data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which has tracked such global weather patterns since 1940.
The global average surface air temperature on Sunday reached 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit) — slightly higher than the previous record set last July of 17.08 C (62.74 F) — as heatwaves scorched large swathes of the United States, Europe and Russia.
