Record-breaking Global Temperatures Shock Scientists

A child plays in a water fountain during one of the hottest days of the third heat wave in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 12, 2023.The world may have just experienced the hottest global temperature ever recorded this week, according to data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), only to be shattered one day later.PHOTO BY ULISES RUIZ/GETTY IMAGES

The world may have just experienced the hottest global temperature ever recorded this week, according to data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), only to be shattered one day later.

On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius, or 62.62 Fahrenheit, the highest since NCEP records first started in 1979, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. As the world was still reeling from Monday’s all-time high temperatures, the record was once again shattered on Tuesday when the average global temperature rose to 17.18 degrees Celsius, or 62.92 Fahrenheit.