The UN Chief spoke on the global average temperature this July, which was confirmed to be the highest on record and likely for at least 120,000 years. July also had the highest-ever ocean surface temperatures.
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Next year is likely to be even hotter. “We're anticipating that not only is 2023 going to be possibly a record warm year, but we anticipate that 2024 will be warmer still,” said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.
1. Florida: Sunshine and Sweltering Heat. Florida, the Sunshine State, tops the list of the hottest states in the US with an average temperature of 71.5°F (21.9°C).
They predict that in three decades, more than 100 million Americans will live in an “extreme heat belt” where at least one day a year, the heat index temperature will exceed 125° Fahrenheit (52° Celsius) — the top level of the National Weather Service's heat index, or the extreme danger level.