Dhaka, Aug. 7 -- The world saw its third-warmest July on record in 2025 with a slight respite from the unprecedented heat of the previous two years, which still reflects the ongoing trend of global warming, said the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Thursday.

The global average surface air temperature in July 2025 was 16.68 degrees Celsius. It was 0.27 degrees Celsius cooler than July 2023 -- the hottest July on record -- and 0.23 degrees Celsius cooler than July 2024, the second-warmest. Still, it remained 1.25 degrees Celsius above the estimated pre-industrial level of 1850-1900, reports Xinhua.

The heat extended across continents. In Europe, the average land temperature reached 21.12 degrees Celsius last month, mak...