It's grabbed global attention, even as the number — 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17.23 degrees Celsius) — doesn't look that hot because it averages temperatures from around the globe. Until Monday, no day had passed the 17-degree Celsius mark (62.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in the tool's 44 years of records. Temperatures were so brutally hot Thursday in Adrar, Algeria, that the temperature never got below 103.3 degrees (39.6 degrees Celsius ) even at night when it is supposed to cool. And 70% of the world is covered by oceans, which have been spiking record heat for months. Scientists don't understand and haven't delved much into daily fluctuations, said Princeton University climate scientist Gabriel Vecchi.

Source: Daily Sun July 07, 2023 16:26 UTC