World registers the hottest day on earth ever on July 3, WMD warns

According to statistics assessed by the University of Maine, the average worldwide air temperature on July 3 reached 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit or 17.01 degrees Celsius at a height of 2 metres over the surface of the earth for the first time since direct measurements began.

Taking to Twitter, Robert Rohde, of the University of California, Berkeley, on Tuesday (Local time) said, “NCEP (National Centres for Environmental Prediction) has placed Earth’s average temperature yesterday as the hottest single day thus far measured by humans. This is driven by the combination of El Nino on top of global warming, and we may well see a few even warmer days over the next 6 weeks.”

The NOAA centre for weather and climate prediction also shared a forecast ahead of US Independence Day. The department earlier predicted that throughout the extended holiday weekend it will be hot, and humid and could lead to storm development for several locations across the country.

The temperature recorded on Monday has taken over the previous record set in July 2022 and August 2016 of 62.46 degrees Fahrenheit or 16.92 degrees Celsius.

Here’s what World Meteorological Department warns

The World Meteorological Department on Tuesday announced that temperature may further increase this year, due to El Nino phase in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

Earlier also, Prof Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of WMO warned that “New #StateofClimate update says 66% chance that annual average global temperature will TEMPORARILY be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of next five years.”