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Coverage dated July 22, 2024 to July 24, 2024

Hottest day on Earth record broken two days in a row

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Weather data shows that the hottest day since 1940 occurred on Sunday — and then was immediately surpassed the next day.

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  1. NBC4 Washington

    Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in recorded history: European climate agency (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    The European climate service Copernicus says that Earth Sunday sizzled to the hottest day measured by humans

  2. WDIO Duluth

    European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history.

  3. Green Field Reporter

    European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday.

  4. The Boston Globe

    Sunday was the hottest day recorded on Earth, EU climate monitor says (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Sunday witnessed the highest average temperature on Earth, breaching a previous record set a year ago, according to provisional data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

  5. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    The planet saw its hottest day on record (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s. It’s the second consecutive year average global temperatures have crashed through shocking climate records and will n…

  6. Portland Press Herald

    Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, scientists say (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The results from the Copernicus Climate Change Service show the planet’s average temperature on July 21 was 62.76 degrees Fahrenheit – breaking a record set only last year.

  7. Al Jazeera

    World’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, climate monitor says (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Global average surface air temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius, EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says.

  8. The Guardian

    Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests (opens The Guardian)

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    Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’

  9. NBC News

    Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average global temperature slightly exceeded the record set last July.

  10. The Columbian

    Monday breaks the record for the hottest ever day on Earth (opens The Columbian)

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    Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally, beating a record set the day before, as countries around the world from Japan to Bolivia to the United States continue to feel the heat, according

  11. CBS News

    Monday was hottest day ever measured by humans, beating Sunday, European science service says: (opens CBS News)

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    Earth sizzled to its hottest day ever measured by humans Monday, beating a record set the day before, the European climate service Copernicus says.

  12. Latin Times

    July 22 Sets New Record For Hottest Day Globally: EU Climate Monitor (opens Latin Times)

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    This was 0.06C hotter than the day before on July 21, which itself broke by a small margin the all-time high temperature set a year earlier.

  13. Fox5 Atlanta

    Monday was the hottest ever recorded day on Earth, data shows (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Monday’s scorching temperatures were yet another heat record broken in the past couple of years.

  14. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Monday was the hottest day ever globally, beating a record set the day before, according to the European climate change service.

  15. Forbes

    Hottest Day On Earth: Planet Breaks Record Twice This Week Amid Historic Heat Waves (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service recorded the hottest day on Earth on Sunday, and then again on Monday.

  16. New York Times

    Planet Sets Record for Hottest Day Twice in a Row (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Researchers with the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Sunday was Earth’s hottest day. Then it happened again on Monday.

  17. Daily Journal

    Monday is the hottest day recorded on Earth, beating Sunday's record, European climate agency says (opens Daily Journal)

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    Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever, beating a record set the day before, as countries across the globe from Japan to Bolivia to the United States continue to feel the heat, according to the European climate change service.

  18. NBC4 Washington

    Monday is the hottest day recorded on Earth, beating Sunday's record (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever, beating a record set the day before, as countries across the globe from Japan to Bolivia to the United States...

  19. NBC News

    Monday was the world's hottest day ever recorded — breaking Sunday's short-lived record (opens NBC News)

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    Sunday’s record as the hottest day ever recorded on Earth lasted only until Monday, as the planet broke records back-to-back this week.

  20. NBC Chicago

    Monday was hottest day ever recorded on Earth, European climate agency says (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever, beating a record set the day before, as countries across the globe from Japan to Bolivia to the United States...

  21. Carbon Brief

    Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says (opens Carbon Brief)

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    Carbon Brief's feed description

    Last Sunday was likely the hottest day ever recorded by humans, according to the European Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

  22. Science Alert

    Sunday Was Earth's Hottest Day Ever Recorded (opens Science Alert)

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    July 21 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data published Tuesday by the EU's climate monitor.

  23. The Guardian

    Monday was hottest recorded day on Earth: ‘Uncharted territory’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Data shows that the global surface air temperature reached 62.87F compared with 62.76F on Sunday.

  24. WSVN Miami

    The planet saw its hottest day on record - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (CNN) — Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s.It’s the

  25. Grist

    Earth just sweltered through the hottest day ever recorded (opens Grist)

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    Grist's feed description

    For 13 straight months now, the planet has been notching record temperatures, from hottest year (2023) to hottest month (last July).

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