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Berlin.- Last August was the third warmest on the planet since records began, while southwestern Europe experienced this year in those 31 days the third largest heat wave of the summer, which was accompanied by large fires.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European space program, the global air temperature on the planet reached 16.60 °C, which is 0.49 °C above the average for the period between 1991-2020.
Regarding the months of August 2023 and 2024, last month was 0.22 °C cooler, although during that period of time this year the planet's temperature was above 1.29 °C of the estimated average for the pre-industrial era, between 1850 and 1900.
From June to August, the global average temperature was the third highest on record, with a value 0.47 °C above the average for the period between 1991 and 2020, a warmth that was only behind the records of the boreal summers of 2023 and 2024.
"Temperatures around the world were mostly above average, especially in the northern hemisphere," according to Copernicus in a statement.
