Average global temperatures during the three Summer months, June-July-August, were the highest ever measured, the European observatory Copernicus announced on Wednesday.
In fact, 2023 looks set to be the hottest year in history, according to the observatory.
"Given the excess heat at the surface of the oceans, it is likely that 2023 will be the hottest year (...) humanity has ever known, " Samantha Burgess, deputy head of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), told French news agency AFP.
The average global temperature in June, July and August, 16.77 degrees Celsius, surpasses the previous record, set in 2019, by a significant margin.
