Barbeques weren’t the only things heating up on the Fourth of July this year. The Earth also reached its highest temperature in over 40 years, which may not surprise some Americans who also suffered from the smoke from Canadian wildfires over recent weeks.
The average global temperature reached a balmy 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit, causing 57 million Americans to face dangerous heat on Tuesday, according to the Washington Post. The previous record was broken just one day prior, when on Monday the average global temperature measured at 62.62 degrees Fahrenheit.
