July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists say
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AUG 7 – The 12-month period ending July 2025 was 1.53°C above pre-industrial levels, exceeding the Paris Agreement limit despite a pause in July's record-breaking global temperatures.
- The world experienced its third-warmest July on record in 2025, with temperatures 1.25°C above pre-industrial levels.
- Extreme weather events such as heat waves and deadly floods persisted in July despite a slightly lower global average temperature.
- The EU agency warns that new temperature records and more climate extremes are expected unless greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are reduced.
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Global warming wreaks havoc
The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures, but many regions were devastated by extreme weather amplified by global warming, the European climate monitoring service said Thursday. Heavy rains flooded Pakistan and northern China; Canada, Scotland and Greece struggled to tame wildfires intensified by persistent drought; and many nations in Asia and Scandinavia recorded new average highs for the month. "Two year…
This year, the world experienced the third warmest July in the history of measurements, the European Union agency that monitors global warming announced today.
July 2025 ranked as Earth’s third-hottest month on record, say EU scientists
According to scientists, July 2025 was the third warmest July ever recorded, with a national temperature record set in Turkey of 50.5°C (122.9°F). This extreme heat continues the trend of rising global temperatures, attributed largely to human-induced climate change. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that the global average surface temperature in July reached 16.68°C, which is 0.45°C above the average for the month from 1991-2…
Copernicus Climate Change Service stated that the global average air temperature on the surface reached 16.68 °C in July, which is 0.45 °C above the mean 1991-2020 for the month
This increase in temperatures makes storms, heat waves and droughts more deadly and destructive.
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