Copernicus Climate Change Services on world’s warmest August on record
August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally in the ERA5 dataset, tied with August 2023, with an average surface air temperature of 16.82°C. Last month was 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average for August. This concludes the warmest global average temperature for the boreal summer (June to August) on record.