July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists report
July 2025 ranked as the third-warmest July in recorded history, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. While slightly cooler than the record-breaking Julys of 2023 and 2024, the month still saw extreme heat and deadly flooding in several regions.
“Two years after the hottest July on record, the recent streak of global temperature records is over – for now. But this doesn’t mean climate change has stopped,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus.
The report noted:
Global average temperature in July was 1.25°C above pre-industrial levels.
The past 12 months (Aug. 2024–July 2025) were 1.53°C above pre-industrial levels, exceeding the 1.5°C warming limit set in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
On July 25, Turkiye recorded its highest temperature ever at 50.5°C, while battling wildfires.
Scientists warn that unless greenhouse gas emissions are drastically reduced, new temperature records and climate extremes will continue. Europe remains the fastest-warming continent, heating at twice the global average since the 1980s.
Copernicus experts stress that even with a short-term drop in monthly averages, the long-term warming trend is driving more frequent and severe weather events.
