Given that, “it’s very likely that July 2023 was hotter than any month in any year since at least 1850,” she said.
NASA and NOAA together found that last month’s average global surface temperature was 2.02 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average.
This was the first time an average July temperature recorded 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1 degree Celsius, above the long-term average, according to NOAA.
Last month was also the fourth consecutive month that global ocean surface temperatures hit a record high, the scientists said.
Changes in ocean temperatures can also have enormous impacts on marine species and their broader ecosystems, he said.
Gavin Schmidt, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, said the biggest impacts of El Niño will likely occur next year.
Last month was the 47th consecutive July, and the 533rd consecutive overall month, with temperatures above the 20th-century average, according to NOAA. »
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