July 2024 was “the hottest July since complete observations began in 1961, and the hottest single month in the history of observation”, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing weather authorities.
In August “most parts of China have experienced a hotter summer than in previous years,” the weather service said.
The major population centres of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chongqing also saw more “high temperature days” — typically declared when the mercury breaches 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) — than in any August since records began.
Japan’s long-term average temperature between June and August was 1.76C above the standard value — equalling the level seen in summer 2023 — the highest since statistics started being kept in 1898.
www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240902-swathes-of-china-japan-log-record-summer-temperatures
This summer was the hottest on record in Slovenia and so was August, while the highest September temperature was recorded on the first day of the month.
The average summer temperature deviated from the average in the 1991-2020 period by 2.5 degrees Celsius.
The average August temperature was 3.3 degrees higher than the average between 1991-2020.
sloveniatimes.com/40801/hottest-summer-on-record
Spain registers hottest August on record
With an average temperature of 25°C, this year’s August was the hottest since records began in Spain.
Australia has just sweltered through its warmest August on record.
August 2024 across Australia was the warmest on record by a considerable margin, with a mean average temperature that was 3.02°C above the long-term average,
www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-warmest-august-on-record-by-a-huge-margin/1889819
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