August 2026 confirmed as joint-hottest month ever recorded globally

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August 2026 confirmed as joint-hottest month ever recorded globally

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The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that August 2026 was the hottest August on record, tying with July 2023 as the hottest month ever measured. Scientists attribute the extreme heat to human-caused climate change, amplified by a strengthening El Niño weather pattern.

West MSM 4Regional 2Non-West State 1Sci/Tech press 16 countries

8 sources across the spectrum

West MSMNPR — Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured

RegionalN1 — Kopernikus: Avgust bio najtopliji mesec na Zemlji, postoje dva uzroka - ekstremne pojave postaju intenzivnije

West MSMAP — Global heat is stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured

West MSMNYT World — August Ties for Hottest Month on Record

Non-West StateRT — Heat not seen ‘for the last 100,000 years’ – climate monitor

Sci/Tech pressNew Scientist — August was the joint hottest month on record

RegionalNews24 — August temperatures hit a global record

West MSMFrance 24 — August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges

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