The record slightly exceeds (0.01°C) the previous maximum, dated July 6, 2023.

According to Copernicus, this new daily record, which comes at a time when heat waves are hitting parts of the United States and Europe, could be surpassed again in the coming days, before temperatures drop, although there may be fluctuations in the coming weeks.

“What is truly surprising is the magnitude of the difference between the temperature of the last 13 months and previous temperature records”, highlighted the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Carlo Buontempo, quoted in a statement.

“We are now in uncharted territory and as the climate continues to warm, we will certainly see new records being broken in the coming months and years,” he warned.

Before July 2023, the previous daily global average temperature record was 16.8°C, reached on August 13, 2016, according to Copernicus data.

Since July 3, 2023, 57 days have surpassed the 2016 record.