July 2022, one of the world’s hottest on record

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized UN agency in Geneva, said on Tuesday that last month was one of the hottest Julys ever recorded in the world.

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“The world has just experienced one of the three hottest Julys on record. And obviously, as we all know, very long and very intense heat waves have affected parts of Europe,” WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis told a press conference.

In a press release, the WMO, citing data from the Copernicus Service on Climate Change, explains that last month will be slightly cooler than July 2019, but slightly warmer than July 2016.

“But the difference between these three months is really very small,” said Mr.^me Nullies. “The deviation is less than the margin of error.”

Overall, the temperature recorded last month was 0.4°C higher than the temperature recorded in July during the 1991-2020 forecast period, despite the natural phenomenon La Niña, which, according to the WMO, “should have had a cooling effect.”

Last month, the WMO called on leaders to “wake up” to the fact that heatwaves, like the ones Europe is currently experiencing, are likely to become more frequent due to climate change, at least in the next few years. 2060.

According to the WMO, July 2022 will not reach the top of the podium because some parts of the world recorded below-average temperatures in the western part of the Indian Ocean – from the Horn of Africa to southern India, much of Central Asia and most of Australia.

Along with the heat wave, some parts of the world are facing severe drought. According to the WMO, July was drier than average across most of Europe, North and South America, Central Asia and large parts of Asia, including Australia.

On the other hand, wetter-than-average conditions were recorded over eastern Russia, northern China and vast areas across Asia stretching from East Africa to northwest India.