The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has verified a new record high of 38 degrees Celsius within the Arctic, one of the fastest warming regions in the world
WMO said the differences in average global temperatures among the three warmest years, 2016, 2019 and 2020, were indistinguishably small
June marked the 14th consecutive month of record heat for land and oceans and the 378th consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th century average