 The average global temperature in June was 62 degrees Fahrenheit, 1.2 degrees above the 30-year average. That breaks heat records for the 13th straight month, according to Copernicus, the European Climate Change Service. It's a stark warning that we are getting closer to this very important limit set by the Paris Agreement. Senior scientist Nicolas Julien. The records have been also shattered by very substantial margin over the past, what, 13 months.