World’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, climate monitor says

Global average surface air temperature was 17.09 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says. July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to preliminary data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The global average surface air temperature on Sunday reached 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit), the warmest since records began in 1940, the EU climate monitor said in a statement on Tuesday. The new high slightly exceeded the previous record set in July last year of 17.08C (62.74F), it said. “What...