EU monitor warns: 2024 increasingly likely to be warmest year on record

It is increasingly likely that 2024 will be the hottest year on record. The global average temperature has been setting new records each month from June 2023 to June 2024, with July 2024 being only 0.04 degree Celsius below July 2023. This suggests that despite July ending a 13-month streak of monthly temperature records, 2024 is still on track to be the hottest year on record.