UN weather agency says first week in July set to be the hottest on record

Preliminary data released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) showed that the first week of July is the hottest week ever recorded.

The WMO statement indicated that the world has just experienced the hottest week ever recorded, according to preliminary data, as climate change and the early stages of the El Niño phenomenon contributed to making last June the hottest month ever recorded.