July 21 was the hottest day measured since global records have been kept. That record didn’t last long, however, as July 22 then became the hottest day.

The July 21 record was “almost indistinguishable from the previous record” set in July 2023 — a 0.01°C difference.

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However, the margin between July 21 and July 22 (a massive 0.07°C) was “larger than typical differences in day-to-day variations” according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which analysed and published the data.

July 23 was virtually as hot as July 22.

Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus, told The Guardian that the world is now in “truly uncharted territory”. He believes that global temperature........

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