Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in all recorded history

WASHINGTON (WAM)

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, Associated Press (AP) reported, citing the European climate service Copernicus on Tuesday.

Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius, beating the record set just last year on July 6, 2023 by .01 degrees Celsius.

Both Sunday’s mark and last year’s record obliterate the previous record of 16.8 degrees Celsius, which itself was only a few years old, set in 2016.

While 2024 has been extremely warm, what kicked Sunday into new territory was a way toastier than usual Antarctic winter, according to Copernicus. The same thing was happening on the southern continent last year when the record was set in early July.