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Josh Salisbury

‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: Scientists shocked by September’s record-breaking heat

Scientists have described their shock as global temperatures officially soared to a record margin in September - with one describing it as “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas”.

Last month’s average temperature was 0.93 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average for September, the warmest margin on record, the European climate agency said on Thursday.

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