Record-breaking July 2023 confirms hottest year on record

2023 is increasingly likely to become the hottest year on record, with an 85 percent chance according to climate scientist Zeke Hausfather. The rapidly strengthening El Niño weather pattern and unprecedentedly hot summer have contributed to this prediction. July was confirmed as the warmest month on record, and June was the hottest June on record. The forecasts take into account temperatures so far this year, the predicted El Niño state, and last year's temperatures. The El Niño pattern, along with human-caused climate change, is driving the increase in temperatures. Scientists believe that 2023 may just be a preamble to an even hotter year, possibly in 2024, when El Niño conditions are in full force.