US climate data marks July 3rd as the hottest single day ocean on record on Earth | Management Agency | Data
On July 4th local time, Capitol Hill reported that according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, July 3rd was the hottest day on record on Earth.
According to analysis data from the University of Maine, the global average temperature 2 meters above the Earth's surface reached 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit or 17.01 degrees Celsius on July 3rd.
Robert Rhodes, a geographer at the University of California, Berkeley, said that extreme high temperatures are a result of climate change and El Ni ñ o weather patterns, which may cause parts of the northern United States and Canada to become warmer and drier than usual. Rod warned that even hotter weather is expected in the next month and a half.