July was Earth's third-warmest on record, EU scientists say

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News/AP

August 7, 2025, 8:32 AM


ROME -- The world experienced it's third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thursday, after two consecutive years when temperatures soared past previous records. Despite a slightly lower global average temperature, the scientists said extremes — including heat and deadly floods — persisted in July.

“Two years after the hottest July on record, the recent streak of global temperature records is over — for now. But this doesn’t mean climate change has stopped,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service. “We continued to witness the effects of a warming world.”

The EU monitoring agency said new temperature records and more climate extremes are to be expected unless greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are brought down. On July 25, Turkey recorded it’s highest-ever temperature of 50.5 C (122.9 F) as it battled wildfires.

While not as hot as July 2023 or July 2024, the hottest and second-warmest on record, the Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that the planet's average surface temperature last month was still 1.25 C (2.25 F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, before humans began the widespread burning of oil, gas and coal.

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Link to EU Copernicus REPORT - Copernicus: Third-warmest July marks slight respite from record global temperatures

[mwb970]

1. Not the climate change hoax again!

[luxmatic]

2. Been a steady 62-65 for me in the SF Bay Area for a few months now...

I also know that literally the rest of the country is uncomfortably baking. I'm thankful for what I have as I know comfortable weather is a temporary luxury. We'll all suffer with climate change.

[oasis]

3. Most moderate July on L.A. than I've experienced

in decades.

[maxsolomon]

4. The West Coast should never be one's yardstick for measuring hot summers.

It's been a pretty glorious summer in the PNW, too. The rest of America is sweltering, and parts of the Middle East have set record temps - life-threatening temps.

[C Moon]

5. I'm grateful that in southern California, it was the coolest July in 100 years.

But that's over. Now it's back to reality—and we're getting hit with some swampy heat.