# August 2026 tied for world’s hottest month on record, Copernicus says

https://mins.news/en/video/52537

- euronews, 2026-09-10 04:01 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rvlLkf5QkA

> August 2026 tied for the hottest month ever recorded globally, with average air temperatures 1.65°C above the pre-industrial reference level, according to Copernicus. Prolonged, early heatwaves also pushed Western Europe past its previous summer temperature record from 2003.

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