Washington Post: For planet Earth, no other month was likely as hot as this past July in records that date back to the late 1800s. And the global is well on its way to having its hottest year on record.
Both NASA and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) have published data that show it was the hottest July on record. Since July is on average the planets warmest time of year, its fair to say temperatures this past month were at or very close to their highest point in the history of instrumental records*.
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