The summer of 2024 keeps on breaking temperature records.

Globally, July 2024 was the second hottest July in history after July 2023, according to a Thursday report by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Global averages take into consideration the entire world's temperature, including the Southern Hemisphere, where winter occurs between June and September.

This July was cooler than last year's by just approximately 1 degree Farenheit (0.04 degrees Celsius), yet it was the hottest month on record for some regions, including the Western U.S. and Canada, as well as most of Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Having a...