Particle.news
Download on the App Store
7 ARTICLES
·
2h ago

July 2025 Ranks as Third-Warmest July, Ending Two-Year Record Streak

Experts warn that temporary relief in monthly averages does not halt the broader greenhouse gas–driven warming trend.

Image
Image
Image
ARCHIVO – Una mujer se protege del sol mientras revisa su teléfono en un día caluroso en una calle de Beijing, el miércoles 23 de julio de 2025. (AP Foto/Andy Wong, Archivo)

Overview

  • The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that July’s global surface air temperature averaged 16.68 °C, 0.45 °C above the 1991–2020 July mean.
  • After record-breaking Julys in 2023 and 2024, July 2025 fell to the third warmest since 1850, breaking the two-year run of monthly temperature records.
  • The 12-month period from August 2024 to July 2025 averaged 1.53 °C above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C threshold.
  • July’s extreme weather included temperatures above 50 °C in the Gulf region, Iraq and Turkey; deadly floods in China and Pakistan; severe drought across Europe and the Mediterranean; and over 1,000 heat-related deaths in Spain.
  • Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo warned that stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations is essential to prevent new temperature records and worsening climate impacts.