 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 a very substantial margin over the past, what, 13 months.