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July 2025 Ranks Third-Hottest as Record Streak Pauses

Long-term global temperatures have now topped the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C goal despite July’s slight drop from record highs.

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FILE - Children cool off in a fountain at VDNKh (The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) enjoying the warm weather during sunset in Moscow, Friday, July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
A man cools his face with water mist from sprinklers during a heatwave in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo
Women look at a building uprooted following heavy rains at a landslide-affected village outside Nepal's capital

Overview

  • Copernicus data show July’s average surface air temperature reached 16.68 °C, 1.25 °C above pre-industrial levels and 0.45 °C above the 1991–2020 norm.
  • The 12-month period from August 2024 to July 2025 averaged 1.53 °C above pre-industrial baselines, exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C limit.
  • July featured severe floods in Pakistan and northern China alongside wildfires in Canada, Scotland and Greece.
  • Several regional heat records fell, including Turkey’s first-ever reading above 50 °C at 50.5 °C and new highs across parts of Asia and Scandinavia.
  • Scientists warn that without rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, global temperature records will be broken again and climate impacts will intensify.