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July Was Likely Earth’s Hottest Month on Record | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
July will likely go down as the hottest month ever recorded in human history, and climate change is partially to blame. Researchers predicted the month would smash the previous record, set in 2019, before it even came to an end, according to a statement from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
World sets all-time high temperature record 2 days in a row
The Earth’s average temperature reached an all-time high on Monday, and then again on Tuesday, in what is shaping up to be a year of record-breaking heat.
Monday’s global average temperature of 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit was exceeded Tuesday when it reached 62.92?F, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute.
Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical climate hazards at University College London, called the back-to-back records “totally unprecedented and terrifying.”
Final Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) 2023
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) directs the Climate Justice Working Group (CJWG) to establish criteria for defining disadvantaged communities. This dataset identifies areas throughout the State that meet the final disadvantaged community definition as voted on by the Climate Justice Working Group.
The tracts will receive a minimum 35% of "overall benefits of spending" on clean energy and energy efficiency programs.
Data Source: https://data.ny.gov/Energy-Environment/Final-Disadvantaged-Communities-DAC-2023/2e6c-s6fp
Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, WMO Says – The New York Times
Global temperatures are likely to soar to record highs over the next five years, driven by human-caused warming and a climate pattern known as El Ni?o, forecasters at the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday.
The record for Earth’s hottest year was set in 2016. There is a 98 percent chance that at least one of the next five years will exceed that, the forecasters said, while the average from 2023 to ’27 will almost certainly be the warmest for a five-year period ever recorded.
“This will have far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment,” said Petteri Taalas, the secretary general of the meteorological organization. “We need to be prepared.”