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Earth's September temperatures 'mind-blowing,' scientists say

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A person rests under an umbrella as the sun sets, Sept. 12, 2023, in Newport Beach, Calif. [AP Photo]

After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday.

Last month's average temperature was 0.93 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average for September. That's the warmest margin above average for a month in 83 years of records kept by the European Space Agency's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

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