GoKawiilAugust 2023 Ties July 2023 as Hottest Month on Record, EU Data Shows
The EU's climate service confirmed that August matched July 2023 as the hottest month ever measured, with global temperatures averaging 1.65C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists attribute the spike to a combination of long-term climate change and an intensifying El Nino pattern in the Pacific. The month also closed out western Europe's hottest summer on record, exceeding the deadly heat wave of 2003.