#Climate change infographic example series

The hottest day was 6 July, when the global average temperature reached 17.08☌, and the values recorded on 5 and 7 July were within 0.01☌ of this.

All days throughout the rest of July were hotter than the previous record of 16.80☌, set on 13 August 2016, making the 29 days from 3-31 July the hottest 29 days on record. The month started with the daily global mean surface air temperature record being broken on four days in a row, from 3-6 July. The dotted line and grey envelope represent the 1.5☌ threshold above preindustrial level (1850–1900) and its uncertainty. Other years are shown with thin lines and shaded according to the decade, from blue (1940s) to brick red (2020s). 20 are shown with thick lines shaded in bright red and dark red, respectively.

#Climate change infographic example series

Global daily surface air temperature (☌) from 1 January 1940 to 31 July 2023, plotted as time series for each year. Following the hottest June on record and a series of extreme weather events, including heatwaves in Europe, North America and Asia, and wildfires in Canada and Greece, ERA5 data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S*) show that July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally and broke several records within the month.