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Western Europe Breaks 2003 Heat Record as August Global Temperature Hits 1.65c Above Pre-Industrial Levels

August 2026 tied the global temperature record, while western Europe recorded its hottest summer, rivers fell to exceptionally low levels and ocean temperatures reached new highs.

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August Temperatures Hit Records: Copernicus flags joint-warmest month; India logs hottest August since 1901

NEW DELHI: August 2026 was the joint-warmest month ever recorded globally across all calendar months, on a par with July 2023, said Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Union’s space programme on Thursday.

The Times of India

August 2026 was world’s joint hottest month on record, according to Copernicus

The global average air temperature in August was 1.65°C above the pre-industrial reference value. With prolonged and early heatwaves, Western Europe broke the summer temperature record set in 2003.

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August hottest month ever recorded globally, EU monitor announced

The EU climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally and that summer in western Europe was the warmest it had measured.

Euronews

A hotter planet: August heat smashes climate records

Earth experienced its hottest month ever in August, surpassing climate thresholds. This extreme heat resulted from human-caused climate change and a strong El Nino. Global ocean temperatures also tied their all-time record for the warmest month. The United States recorded its hottest summer, breaking records from the Dust Bowl era.…

The Economic Times

Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August

The Independent UK

August hottest month ever recorded globally, says EU monitor

The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer.

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August was the world’s joint hottest month on record, scientists say

Climate scientists say August 2026 was a ‘remarkable month’ in the global climate record

The Independent UK

August was world’s joint hottest month on record – scientists

Heatwaves in August continued a run of extreme heat that began in May.

Evening Standard

Galileo, Copernicus, Cleansky, IRIS² must work together to secure Europe’s place in the space race

“Seeing the Earth from above is a powerful reminder of our interdependence,” Thomas Pesquet. The words of France’s tenth astronaut to head into Space are a reminder of how we are “in this together”, something that the world’s Aerospace industry players should take heed of as they gather in Paris…

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Since 1990s, amount of living heat sensitive coral has gone down shockingly, this indicates warmer ocean which means worse storms, hotter nights

El Nino is already as big as recent ones and is still growing with it expected to reach unprecedented levels at its peak. It's responsible for a good chunk of the heat in the oceans

The Economic Times

Global sea surface temperatures are at the highest levels on record — and potentially in millennia

The previous record was set in 2024, Earth’s hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880

The Independent UK

Oceans reach hottest temperatures on record in ‘very troubling’ development for humans and marine life

The sea will keep getting hotter until the current El Nino reaches its peak sometime between November and January, scientists warn

The Independent UK

Ocean 'under unprecedented strain' as El Niño helps supercharge warming to record levels

The Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that the daily global sea surface temperature has reached its highest level since records began.

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World's oceans hit hottest temperature ever recorded in August as El Niño takes hold

The average global sea surface temperature outside polar regions reached 21.1°C on Saturday.

France 24

No, Italy’s Lake Como didn’t dry up

Lake Como in northern Italy has disappeared after a “geological rupture”, a sensational report posted on TikTok claimed. This isn’t true. For one, the footage and photos in this report were all generated by artificial intelligence. Secondly, while the water levels in the lake have dropped, it's because of drought…

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Romania shuts off second reactor at Cernavodă NPP amid low water levels on Danube

Nearly two-thirds of the Danube has seen flow rates that are the lowest on record for a month of July in 34 years, according to an analysis published on Monday by the European climate change observatory, Copernicus.

The Independent UK

Europe wildfire tracker: France and Spain at extreme risk of new fires as temperatures soar to 42C

The continent is facing its fifth major heatwave of the summer

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The Economic Times

UK and France prepare for another heat wave as western Europe sets new temperature record

Europe is experiencing its fifth heat wave this season with temperatures nearing forty degrees Celsius. The United Kingdom and France are preparing for extreme heat and potential health impacts. Record-breaking sea surface temperatures and global averages highlight ongoing climate change concerns. Persistent high-pressure systems are trapping heat and intensifying widespread…

Bangkok Post

Record July heat in regions home to 900 million people

PARIS — Regions home to around 900 million people experienced their hottest July on record in 2026, including in the Sahel, Central America, France and Spain, according to Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) analysis of Copernicus data.

Radio France Internationale

Record temperatures swept regions home to 900 million people in July

Regions home to around 900 million people experienced their hottest July on record in 2026, including in the Sahel, Central America, France and Spain, according to analysis of Copernicus data.

The Independent UK

Western Europe sets new temperature record after summer of heatwaves

The extreme heat has led to major wildfires, prolonged drought and thousands of projected heat-related deaths

France 24

Western Europe lived through hottest June and July ever recorded

Climate change across Western Europe has brought a summer of heat, drought and wildfires to the region and put the combined average temperature from June through July at 21.62C – beating the 2022 record for the same period, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Think this summer is hot? El Nino could push temperatures even higher

Record ocean heat, intensifying El Nino conditions and worsening extremes are raising the prospect that 2026 could become the hottest year ever measured.

Euronews

What tools does the EU have to fight wildfires? Are they enough?

Europe’s wildfire crisis is testing the limits of the EU’s emergency response system, exposing a gap between growing firefighting capacity and slower efforts to make landscapes less flammable.

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