{"id":2092,"date":"2026-09-16T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-16-august-2026-record-heat-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T01:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:10:00","slug":"2026-09-16-august-2026-record-heat-en","status":"publish","type":"briefing","link":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-16-august-2026-record-heat-en\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2026 was the warmest August on record"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026-09-16 01:10 KST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The month was 0.85\u00b0C above the 1991\u20132020 August average and 1.65\u00b0C above the estimated 1850\u20131900 level. Across all calendar months it was effectively tied with July 2023 at 16.95\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

The difference between those two months was under 0.01\u00b0C and within uncertainty. A global mean also does not describe every region or person\u2019s weather.<\/p>\n

August versus July<\/h2>\n

July is normally the warmest global month. Before 2026, ERA5 records since 1940 had only four years in which August was warmer than July.<\/p>\n

Twelve months<\/h2>\n

September 2025\u2013August 2026 averaged 0.60\u00b0C above 1991\u20132020 and 1.48\u00b0C above pre-industrial conditions. Long-term thresholds require longer periods and multiple datasets.<\/p>\n

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Season<\/h2>\n

June\u2013August tied 2024 as the warmest boreal summer globally. Ocean, rainfall and sea-ice indicators use different domains and should not all be given the same rank.<\/p>\n

Drivers and limits<\/h2>\n

Human-caused long-term warming combined with a strong El Ni\u00f1o and natural variability. ERA5 blends observations and modelling; other agencies may report slightly different numbers.<\/p>\n

Next check<\/h2>\n

Compare NOAA and NASA monthly records and year-end assessments. Multi-year trends and local hazards matter more for planning than one monthly rank.<\/p>\n

Primary source and independent checks<\/h2>\n

Copernicus 2026\ub144 8\uc6d4 \uc0c1\uc138 \ubd84\uc11d<\/a><\/p>\n

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In Copernicus ERA5, global surface air temperature averaged 16.96\u00b0C in August 2026, 0.14\u00b0C above the previous August records from 2023 and 2024. One month above 1.5\u00b0C does not formally mean the Paris Agreement\u2019s long-term threshold has failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-2092","briefing","type-briefing","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/briefing\/2092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/briefing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/briefing"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}