July was the hottest month in recorded human historyZoomen this image toggle caption Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Via Getty ImagesIt was not cool.According to new data from NASA, July was the hottest month in human history.Rick Spinrad, NOAA administrator, stated that "In this instance, first place is always the worst place to go." "July is usually the warmest month in the world, but July 2021 was the hottest month and July ever recorded."Spinrad stated that climate change is putting the world on a "disturbing, disruptive path", and that this record was just one step in that direction. Research shows that climate change is making heat waves, droughts, and floods more intense and frequent.The Pacific Northwest is experiencing its second heat wave this summer. Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees as wildfires continue in Oregon and California.According to NOAA this July was the hottest in 142 years.According to the agency, the global average combined land-ocean-surface temperature was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average of 60.4 degrees. The 2016 record was broken again in 2019, and will be repeated in 2020.July in the Northern Hemisphere was 2.77 degrees warmer than average.It was Asia's hottest July on record and the second-most-sweltering July for Europe, according to NOAA. It was ranked among the top 10 most warm July's in North America, South America and Africa.This news was announced just days after 200 climate scientists published a landmark report that found climate change will increase extreme weather in the future. However, it also noted that cutting greenhouse gas emissions could help prevent the worst.
