Although this year San Francisco clocked in one of its coldest Julys in recent history, it was quite the opposite for the rest of the world.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, July 2021 was the world’s hottest month in 142 years of records.
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"In this case, first place is the worst place to be," NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said in a statement on Friday. "This new record adds to the disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe."
The combined land and ocean-surface temperature this July was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, NOAA found. This was 0.02 degrees higher than the previous record tied in July 2016, July 2019 and July 2020. The agency said 2021 will likely rank among the top 10 warmest years on record.
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Extreme heat plagued the Northern Hemisphere in particular during July. NOAA determined the land-surface temperature in the Northern Hemisphere was 2.77 degrees above average, the largest departure ever observed for the month.
Overall, NOAA data showed Asia experienced its hottest July on record, while Europe experienced its second hottest July. July 2021 ranked in the top 10 warmest for North America, South America, Africa and Oceania.
The news comes just after the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released an alarming report on climate change on Monday, signaling a "code red" for the planet.
"It is a sobering IPCC report that finds that human influence is, unequivocally, causing climate change, and it confirms the impacts are widespread and rapidly intensifying," said Spinrad.
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