Global Heat Record Falls, Only To Be Broken Again The Next Day

It didn't take long for the planet to set a new record for the hottest day ever recorded by scientists. The top spot was claimed on July 21, according to NASA, only to be at the top the next day. What makes this data even more worrying is that July 23 was slightly cooler, and if not for the previous two days, it would have set a record.

NASA collects global temperature data using millions of land, sea, and air instruments, and satellites, and integrates this data into a comprehensive model. That model showed temperatures reaching a global average of more than 17 degrees Celsius (62.6 Fahrenheit) on July 22.

“In the hottest year so far, the past two weeks have been brutal,” NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. statement. “With our more than a dozen Earth-observing satellites and more than 60 years of data, NASA provides critical analysis of how our planet is changing and how local communities can prepare, adapt, and stay safe.”

It's just the latest record in a rapidly warming world. This incident is from May very warm May is on record according to NASA, ending a 12-month period in which global temperatures reached record highs every month. That included it July of 2023, the hottest month since data collection began in 1880.

The rising temperatures have become so extreme that the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control have had to change their heat risk program. April, agencies added a new colormagenta, means heat that lasts for a long time without relief at night.

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