August was the hottest month on record worldwide, meteorologists say
According to newly published data from the EU-run Copernicus Climate Change Service, August was the hottest month globally since meteorological records began, with record ocean temperatures also recorded.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service, operated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, has published data showing that this year's August was the hottest month worldwide since meteorological observations began.
According to the service, the record heat was not limited to air temperatures over land — the world's oceans also registered unusually high temperatures during the month.
What the data shows
Copernicus regularly compiles and analyzes global temperature data using satellite observations and other measurement sources. The latest figures for August confirm a trend seen in recent years of previous temperature records being broken both on land and at sea.
The source report does not provide further detail on specific temperature figures or the geographic regions where the largest deviations were observed.
