# August was the hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges

https://mins.news/en/video/53339

- France 24 English, 2026-09-10 15:57 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF_Wu29uhU0

> Europe’s climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide and warned that conditions could worsen as an unprecedented El Niño strengthens. Land and ocean temperatures reached record highs, capping the hottest summer on record for western Europe and the contiguous United States, marked by heatwaves and wildfires.

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