The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made this image available. It shows temperature variations from the average July 2021 values around the globe. U.S. meteorologists declared that July 2021 was the hottest month on record. Credit: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information via APAccording to U.S. weather officials, July was the hottest month in record keeping for the country.Extreme heat waves hit parts of Europe and the United States, causing temperatures to reach 62.07 degrees last month. This beat the record set in July 2016, which was broken again by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This was a margin of just.02 degrees (.01 Celsius).According to Ahira Sanchez Lugo, NOAA's climatologist, the seven most recent Julys (2015-2021) were the hottest seven Julys ever recorded. The temperature last month was 1.67 degrees (or 0.93 degrees Celsius), which was warmer than the average of the 20th century.In a press release, Rick Spinrad, NOAA Administrator, stated that "In this instance first place is also the most dangerous place to be." "This record further demonstrates the disruptive and disturbing path that climate change is taking for the world."Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Pennsylvania State University said that "This is climate changes." It is a sign of exclamation on a summer that saw unprecedented heat, droughts, wildfires, and flooding.A prestigious United Nations science panel had warned earlier this week that climate change could be worsened by human activity, such as the burning of oil, coal and natural gas.Sanchez-Lugo stated that the record-setting heat was caused by land warming in North America, Europe, and Asia. She said that while the global temperature was not much higher than the record, the Northern Hemisphere's land temperature broke the record.The Northern Hemisphere temperature was a third of an inch (.19 degrees Celsius), higher than the July 2012 record, Sanchez-Lugo stated.July is the hottest month in the world, and it is also the hottest record.The Arctic Oscillation, a natural weather cycle that is similar to El Nino and associated with more warming in its positive phase, is one factor that is helping the world bake this summer, according to the NOAA climatologist.File photo: Cows graze in this Monday, July 26, 2021 file photo. Smoke rises from the Dixie Fire in Lassen National Forest near Jonesville, Calif., as a result of a historic drought and recent heatwaves tied to climate change. Wildfires are becoming more difficult to combat in the American West. U.S. meteorologists declared July 2021 to be the hottest month on record. Credit: AP Photo/Noah Berger, FileEven with a scorching June and a sweltering July, this year is still the sixth-warmest ever recorded. Sanchez-Lugo explained that 2021 began cooler than previous years because of a La Nina cooling in the central Pacific, which often lowers the global average temperature.Donald Wuebbles, University of Illinois meteorology professor, said that "one month alone doesn't tell much. But that this year was a La Nina and we still had record-breaking temperatures"The world set a July record, but the United States tied for the 13th hottest July. Even though California and Washington experienced their hottest Julys in recent years, the United States was kept from reaching record heat levels by slightly cooler months in Texas and New Hampshire.The world's last July was colder than the average for the 20th century was 1976.Gabriel Vecchi, Princeton University climate scientist, said that if you are younger than 45, you have not seen a year or July where the average temperature of the planet was lower than the 20th Century average.2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Without permission, this material may not be broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
