The EU Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a bulletin on the 10th that
August 2026 was the warmest month since records began in 1940. Global average
surface temperature in August was about 16.96°C, marginally above the previous
record of ~16.95°C set in July 2023. The month was 0.85°C above the 1991–2020
average and 1.65°C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial baseline — the first
single-month anomaly above +1.5°C since November 2025.