According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Earth has just experienced its hottest three-month spell period on record.

The global average temperature for June, July and August in 2023 was 16.77 degrees Celsius (62.19F), a huge 0.66 degrees Celsius above average.

August has been estimated to have been 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era situated between 1850 and 1900, and 2023 is so far (with measurements taken from January to August) considered the second warmest after 2016.

This footage illustrates various heat scenes from Europe, the US, Buenos Aires, India, and Iraq.

This footage was filmed and produced 21 August 2023.

With last August, the planet had the three warmest consecutive months since records have been kept, according to data confirmed by the service dedicated to climate change Copernicus, announced Friday the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

By a considerable margin, last month was the hottest August since records have been kept and the second warmest among all months, after last July, which broke all records.

August has been estimated to have been 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era situated between 1850 and 1900, and 2023 is so far (with measurements taken from January to August) considered the second warmest after 2016.

In both years -2016 and 2023- El Niño has developed, a powerful climatic phenomenon that increases the temperatures of the waters of the eastern equatorial Pacific and accentuates certain meteorological phenomena in different parts of the planet, such as abundant rains or droughts.

This footage illustrates various heat scenes from Europe, the US, Buenos Aires, India and Iraq.